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 ca·lash /kəˈlæʃ/
 篷馬車,車篷,篷形女人用頭巾

 Ca·lash n.
 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 closed 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.
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 calash
      n 1: a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century
           [syn: caleche]
      2: the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage [syn: caleche,
         calash top]