calash









calash


noun

  1. Also calèche. a light vehicle pulled by one or two horses, seating two to four passengers, and having two or four wheels, a seat for a driver on a splashboard, and sometimes a folding top.
  2. a folding top of a carriage.
  3. calèche(def 1).
  4. a bonnet that folds back like the top of a calash, worn by women in the 18th century.

noun

  1. a horse-drawn carriage with low wheels and a folding top
  2. the folding top of such a carriage
  3. a woman’s folding hooped hood worn in the 18th century
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