calash

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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

Out of the calash in the corner came back a faint echo, which trembled as from inward vexation.

From At the Ghost Hour The House of the Unbelieving Thomas by Heyse, Paul

It was below in the hall, lying on the floor, fast in the calash, to which Susan, ill-starred wench! had pinned it; and the footman, in his cruel haste, had dragged them both off together.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various

It was only for a moment that the sentry's attention was thus diverted, but when he looked again the gray gown, the red calash, the swiftly moving figure had disappeared.

From The Story of Old Fort Loudon by Murfree, Mary Noailles

Coaches grow there no more than balm and spices: we were forced to drop our post-chaise, that resembled nothing so much as harlequin’s calash, which was occasionally a chaise or a baker’s cart.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)