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

Example Sentences

Once as a yemshick was mounting the box of the tarantass, 'Boika' jumped at his face and very nearly secured an attachment to a large and ruddy nose.

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

If he should buy a tarantass and it gave out he would be forced to leave it till he came again, or sell it at any price offered.

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

In a minute we are in the water; two steps more and the swift current is up to the horses' sides, and the tarantass begins to turn over.

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

I finally arranged with a Russian trader for a tarantass and baggage cart to take me the two hundred and twenty-five miles to the head of river navigation beyond Kiakhta.

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

A few days and nights in a tarantass were all that now lay between me and the uninteresting comforts of Western hotels and trains.

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