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

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

My first night in a tarantass was very comfortable.

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

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

Late in the afternoon we halted for dinner, ordering the samovar almost before we stopped the tarantass.

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

At one such station three camels are harnessed to the tarantass, and the clumsy animals waddle along so that their humps bob and roll on their backs.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders