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  1. 1. n. A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage. The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants. W. Irving. 2. In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front. 3. A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure. 4. A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage. Source: webster
  8. 8. n. a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century n. the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage Source: ecdict

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