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calèche

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kalɛʃ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(Fr. k lesh′; Eng. kə lesh′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ca•lèche  (Fr. ka lesh′; Eng. kə lesh′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lèches 
    (Fr. -lesh′; Eng. -lesh′əz).USA pronunciation 
  1. TransportAlso, calash. (esp. in Quebec, Canada) a type of calash pulled by a single horse, seating two passengers and having two wheels and a folding top.
  2. Transportcalash (def. 1).
  • French; see calash
  • 1660–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
calèche /French: kalɛʃ/ n
  1. a variant of calash
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ca•lash  (kə lash′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. TransportAlso, calèche. a light vehicle pulled by one or two horses, seating two to four passengers, and having two or four wheels, a seat for a driver on a splashboard, and sometimes a folding top.
  2. Transporta folding top of a carriage.
  3. Transportcalèche (def. 1).
  4. Clothinga bonnet that folds back like the top of a calash, worn by women in the 18th century.
  • Czech kolesa carriage, literally, wheels; see wheel
  • German Kalesche
  • French calèche
  • 1660–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
calash /kəˈlæʃ/, calèche n
  1. a horse-drawn carriage with low wheels and a folding top
  2. a woman's folding hooped hood worn in the 18th century
Etymology: 17th Century: from French calèche, from German Kalesche, from Czech kolesa wheels
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