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

A large fourÐwheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Oh, yes, you'll come down, I don't mistrust that," she replied, slowly nodding her green calash, "as long as the schoolmarm is at the Hill; but Annie will look paler than ever.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 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

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