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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They crowded into the kibitka, whipped up the horses, and struck up a song, the words and sense of which were hard to understand.
From The Mantle and Other Stories by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
“Who, the young lady?” answered Dorosch, whose acquaintance the philosopher had already made in the kibitka.
From The Mantle and Other Stories by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
A kibitka is shaped much like a tarantass, or like a New England chaise stretched to about seven feet long by four in width.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
The madame and her daughter were to travel in a large kibitka, and had bestowed two servants with much baggage and provisions in a vashok.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
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 John Lloyd Stephens
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