Telega
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A simple four-wheeled Russian cart without springs.
"Three kinds of conveyances are available: the telega, or cart without springs, which has to be changed at every station, and for which a charge of about 8d. is made at every stage; the kibitka, or cart (in winter a sledge) with a hood; and the tarantas, a kind of carriage on wooden springs, which admits of the traveller lying down full length, and which can be made very comfortable at night."
- 1 A commune of Prahova County, Romania.
Example
More examples"The telega is a Russian vehicle, four-wheeled when it leaves and a two-wheeled vehicle when it arrives."
Etymology
From mid-16th century Russian теле́га (teléga), probably from Khazar.
Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Telega.
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