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ca·lèche

(kə-lĕsh′)

Variant of calash.

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calèche

(French kalɛʃ)

a variant of calash

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ca•lash

(kəˈlæʃ)

n.

1. Also, calèche. a light two- or four-wheeled vehicle pulled by one or two horses, seating two to four passengers, and often having a folding top.

2. a folding top of a carriage.

3. a hood worn by women in the 18th century.

[1660–70; < French calèche < German Kalesche < Czech kolesa carriage, literally, wheels]

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Noun	1.	caleche - a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century calash hood - a headdress that protects the head and face
	2.	caleche - the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage calash top, calash shay, chaise - a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse hood - the folding roof of a carriage

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Then, amongst a chorus of screams from the peasants and a universal crossing of themselves, a caleche, with four horses, drove up behind us, overtook us, and drew up beside the coach.

"Give me the Herr's luggage," said the driver, and with exceeding alacrity my bags were handed out and put in the caleche. Then I descended from the side of the coach, as the caleche was close alongside, the driver helping me with a hand which caught my arm in a grip of steel.

For I was minded to jump from the caleche and run, whilst they reared again and plunged madly, so that the driver had to use all his great strength to keep them from bolting.

I called to the coachman to come, for it seemed to me that our only chance was to try to break out through the ring and to aid his approach, I shouted and beat the side of the caleche, hoping by the noise to scare the wolves from the side, so as to give him a chance of reaching the trap.

When I could see again the driver was climbing into the caleche, and the wolves disappeared.

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Along the broad country road, edged on both sides by trees, came a high, light blue Viennese caleche, slightly creaking on its springs and drawn by six horses at a smart trot.

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As he rolled swiftly over the excellent road in the little caleche furnished him at the inn at Poitiers, he drew forth, as it were, from the very safe place in his mind to which he had consigned it, the last information given him by poor Valentin.

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Most of the inhabitants of the town were grateful to Mademoiselle Cormon for not humiliating them by the luxury she could have displayed; we may even believe that had she imported a caleche from Paris they would have gossiped more about that than about her various matrimonial failures.

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Des cavaliers avant au rythme de coups de feu, etaient suivis de caleches a bord desquelles jeunes etaient fiers d'arborer les couleurs nationale.

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Ils ont, enfin, appele a la mise en place d'une strategie pour sauver l'activite des caleches et les commercants de l'artisanat.

Tozeur : Amel Karboul au chevet du tourisme saharien

The architecture and cobbled streets of Old Montreal have been maintained or restored and are frequented by horse-drawn caleches carrying tourists.