NOUN
- the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage
- a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century
How To Use calash In A Sentence
- It was called a calash, and was constructed of green silk outside and white silk within, reeved upon cane, similar in fashion to the 'uglies,' which, at the present day, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
- The calash is his," returned the other, shaking his head and walking quietly away from the stand. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea
- Travelers now arrive from all quarters, in cabriolets, in calashers, in the shabby "vettura," and in the elegant private carriage drawn by post-horses, and driven by postillions in the tightest possible deer-skin breeches, the smallest red coats, and the hugest jack-boots. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One)
- Douglas Tanglewood ushered them all into a stylish Calash Coach, which possessed a hard, covered roof and curtains to screen them from outside scrutiny, since they were dressed as roughly as any dockhand out of Stepney. Ripping Time
- To lessen the obligation, however, my calash is not yet come to the door. The History of Emily Montague
- We came away in a calash, that is, my Master and the Chaplain, riding at their Ease in that vehicle, while I trotted behind on a little The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...
- [4] A calash was a light, four-wheeled carriage with a folding top. Letter from Robert Carter to William Camp, October 14, 1727
- I could have little hope of protection from the Pope, for he was become quite another man, never spoke one word of truth, and continually amused himself with mere trifles, insomuch that one day he proposed a reward for whoever found out a Latin word for "calash," and spent seven or eight days in examining whether "mosco" came from "muses," or "musts" from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
- calash," a big bonnet with rattans stitched in so it would easily move back and forward. Memories and Anecdotes
- In the style of the times, whenever Rafaela went to church, she insisted on being taken in her four-wheeled carriage (calash) rather than walking! El Fuerte in Sinaloa, Mexico, was once the capital of Arizona