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

In a kibitka covered with bast, drawn by three lean and sleepy nags, Raisky drove slowly to his estate.

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Without waiting for the kibitka to turn in through the gate, he ran forward, and stood before the young girl.

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They were, as Byron says of the “kibitka,” “a cursed kind of carriage without springs.”

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The yourt, or tent, of the Kirghiz bears a close resemblance to the kibitka of the Kalmucks.

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Away through a long corridor, and across an inner courtyard, to the reception-hall—a large dome-shaped tent or kibitka.

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