calash

IPA: kʌɫˈæʃ

(now historical) A silk and whalebone hood worn by ladies to shade the face.
(historical) Alternative form of calèche (“type of carriage with low wheels”) [A type of carriage with low wheels, especially pulled by horses.]

Examples of "calash" in Sentences

[4] A calash was a light, four-wheeled carriage with a folding top.
To lessen the obligation, however, my calash is not yet come to the door.
"calash," a big bonnet with rattans stitched in so it would easily move back and forward.
"The calash is his," returned the other, shaking his head and walking quietly away from the stand.
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
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!
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,
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