calash
- noun
- /kəˈlæʃ/
- Archaic
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calash
- The museum displayed a delicate calash alongside gowns from the 1700s.
Examples
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The lady wore a beautiful calash to the garden party.
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In the 18th century, a calash was essential for fashionable women.
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Historical dramas often feature characters donning a calash for outdoor scenes.
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She wore a calash to protect her towering wig from the wind.
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In the 18th century, women wore a calash to keep their elaborate hairstyles safe from the rain.
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The fashionable lady adjusted her calash so that it would shield her hair from the wind.
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At the outdoor event, I noticed several women donning colorful calashes that complemented their dresses.
Synonyms
A large hood with rings that women wore in the 1700s to cover hair
Compounds
- Archaic
A folding hood on a carriage pulled by horses that protects passengers from rain and wind
Surface Forms
Etymology
Calash for the woman's folding hood comes from French calèche meaning 'carriage' and from Hungarian kocsi, the name of a village, which is the same root as the common word coach. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine the small folding roof of a carriage used as a hood to protect tall hair, which is why a calash covered and protected hairstyles.
