kibitka
Britishnoun
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(in Russia) a covered sledge or wagon
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a felt tent used among the Tatars of central Asia
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a Tatar family
Etymology
Origin of kibitka
C18: Russian, from Tatar kibits
Example Sentences
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We hauled up the straw and seated ourselves in the bottom of our kibitka.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 by Stephens, John Lloyd
He descended into the court-yard and beheld there a kibitka, which he at first took for a barn on wheels.
From The Mantle and Other Stories by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
In the morning we found that he had been too late; that the kibitka had been stripped of every article except himself and the straw.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 by Stephens, John Lloyd
Now the hard clatter of hoofs and the rumbling of wheels echoed from the archway, and the kibitka rolled into the court-yard.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 by Various
“Who, the young lady?” answered Dorosch, whose acquaintance the philosopher had already made in the kibitka.
From The Mantle and Other Stories by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
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