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

She wore a hood on her head,—a large calash, which had a curtain that hung about her shoulders.

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

Hamish gathered up his calash, and the precise Demer� assisted him to adjust it and his disordered dress more after the manner in which Odalie wore it.

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

And Susan pinned a fold in the calash, and away went the triumphant Miss Cecilia.

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

He ever after affected to drive in a calash, and would never mount on horseback more.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de