calash

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

And the gray gown and the calash which the youth had worn were found inside the passage.

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

Four horses drawing a small calash whose wheels were covered with rubber glided across the Griess as noiselessly as a spectral equipage.

From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

A vehicle often mentioned by Judge Sewall and contemporary writers is a calash.

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse

These are in a calash, those at the far end of a shop; but all are equally alone.

From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules