tarantass

American  

[tahr-uhn-tahs] / ˌtɑr ənˈtɑs /

Or tarantas

noun

1. a large, four-wheeled Russian carriage mounted without springs on two parallel longitudinal wooden bars.

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tarantass British  

/ ˌtɑːrənˈtæs /

noun

1. a large horse-drawn four-wheeled Russian carriage without springs

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Etymology

Origin of tarantass

1840–50; < Russian tarantás, said to be < Tatar tarιntas

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Example Sentences

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tarantass

My first night in a tarantass was very comfortable.

From A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia by Elizabeth Kimball Kendall

The long wagon-trains of lumber, and the occasional traveler’s tarantass rumbling along to the discord of its duga bells, were enveloped in a cloud of suffocating dust.

From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Thomas Gaskell Allen

So I got my teacher and myself into a tarantass, and went off to visit the scenes of the former mission in Siberia.

From James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports by James Gilmour

The tarantass was pushed ashore, and as soon as the horses were attached a rapid run took them up the bank to the station.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox

The captain made his bed on a sofa, but I preferred the tarantass where the air was cool and pure.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox

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