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è

[ French ka-lesh; English kuh-lesh ]

noun

plural ès
  1. Also (especially in Quebec, Canada) a type of calash pulled by a single horse, seating two passengers and having two wheels and a folding top.


è

/ 첹ɛʃ /

noun

  1. a variant of calash
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of è1

From French, dating back to 1660–70; calash
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Example Sentences

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

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I shouted and beat the side of the è, hoping by the noise to scare the wolves from that side, so as to give him a chance of reaching the trap.

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When the è stopped, the driver jumped down and held out his hand to assist me to alight.

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“Give me the Herr’s luggage,” said the driver; and with exceeding alacrity my bags were handed out and put in the è.

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Then I descended from the side of the coach, as the è was close alongside, the driver helping me with a hand which caught my arm in a grip of steel; his strength must have been prodigious.

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