Definition of "calash" []

• A light carriage with two or four low wheels and a collapsible top. (noun)
• A top for this or a similar carriage. (noun)
• A woman's folding bonnet of the late 18th century. (noun)

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• "To lessen the obligation, however, my calash is not yet come to the door."
• "It was called a calash, and was constructed of green silk outside and white silk within, reeved upon cane, similar in fashion to the 'uglies,' which, at the present day,"
• "We came away in a calash, that is, my Master and the Chaplain, riding at their Ease in that vehicle, while I trotted behind on a little"