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

When she returns at night, she appears, if the weather happens to be doubtful, in a calash; and her servant in pattens, follows half behind and half at her side, with a lantern.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest

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

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

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