Word of the Day 1.9.09
calash
ca·lash (k
-l
sh
) also ca·lèche (-l
sh)
n.
1.
a. A light carriage with two or four low wheels and a collapsible top.
b. A top for this or a similar carriage.
2. A woman’s folding bonnet of the late 18th century.
[French calèche, from German Kalesche, from Czech kolesa, from pl. of kolo, koles-, wheel, from Old Church Slavonic; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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| Noun | 1. | calash – a woman’s large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century
hood – a headdress that protects the head and face
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| 2. | calash – the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage
hood – the folding roof of a carriage
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