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

The Chern�shev calash had just left the yard.

From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

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 Heyse, Paul

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 Flaubert, Gustave

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

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