calash
Example Sentences
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She was clothed, her dress soaked from the water in which she had sunk herself; she wore a calash upon her head.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
An ancient calash stood in the farthest corner, its leathern portions so gnawed away by the rats that it had wasted into the mere skeleton of a carriage.
From At the Ghost Hour The House of the Unbelieving Thomas by Paul Heyse
A large fourÐwheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
And, yes,—that large red hood, calash, that you wore the first day you arrived at the fort,"—his ready smile flickered,—"on an understanding so little pleasing to your taste.
From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Mary Noailles Murfree
A shaky-looking calash, to which was yoked an old horse, with torn harness hanging over the shafts, stood all alone in front of the luggage office.
From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Gustave Flaubert
