kibitka

/ kɪˈbɪtkə /

noun

1. (in Russia) a covered sledge or wagon

2. a felt tent used among the Tatars of central Asia

3. a Tatar family

Word History and Origins

Origin of kibitka¹

C18: Russian, from Tatar kibits

Example Sentences

Kibitka, ki-bit′ka, n. a Russian wagon.

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The carriage of these distinguished travellers was the kibitka, one of the national vehicles of Russia, being a long, round-bottomed box or cradle on four wheels, probably the old Scythian wagon, resting, in proud contempt of the effeminacy of springs, on the oaken axles; the hubs of the wheels were two feet long, the linchpins of wood, the body of the carriage fastened to the wheels by wooden pins, ropes, and sticks; and, except the tires of the wheels, there was not a nail or piece of iron about it.

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We hauled up the straw and seated ourselves in the bottom of our kibitka.

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He offered to make us a bed of some dirty straw which had often been slept on before; but we shrank from it; and, as soon as we could get horses, returned to our kibitka and resumed our journey.

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As usual, they gathered around us before we were out of our kibitka, laid hold of our baggage, and in Hebrew, Lithuanian, and Polish, were clamorous in offers of service.

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