kibitka

British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of kibitka

C18: Russian, from Tatar kibits

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

I got out, and he threw his arms around me, kissed me on both cheeks, called me his friend and brother, and mounted the kibitka with the old seigneur.

From Project Gutenberg

At nine o'clock the next morning a kibitka drove up to the door of our hotel, demanding an American and a Pole for Warsaw.

From Project Gutenberg

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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The hinder part was covered with matting, open in front somewhat like an oldfashioned bonnet, and supported 166by an arched stick, which served as a linchpin for the hind wheels; a bucket of grease hung under the hind axle, and the bottom of the kibitka was filled with straw; whole cost of outfit, thirteen dollars.

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