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English
Etymology
From French calèche.
Pronunciation
Noun
calash (plural calashes)
- (historical) Alternative form of calèche (“type of carriage with low wheels”)
- (now historical) A silk and whalebone hood worn by ladies to shade the face.
1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 242:Mrs. Lobb, an elderly lady, in a green calash, from the sign of the ‘Fan’, in Dyot-street, St. Giles's, was announced by Kit Finney, the mason's son, as wishing to see Mr. Nollekens.
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