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Calash

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of calèche (“type of carriage with low wheels”). alt-of, alternative, historical
  2. 2
    the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage wordnet
  3. 3
    A silk and whalebone hood worn by ladies to shade the face. historical

    "Mrs. Lobb, an elderly lady, in a green calash, from the sign of the ‘Fan’, in Dyot-street, St. Giles's, was announced by Kit Finney, the mason's son, as wishing to see Mr. Nollekens."

  4. 4
    a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century wordnet

Etymology

From French calèche.

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