calash
calash noun: a silk and whalebone hood worn by ladies to shade the face. Also the alternative form of calèche.
Noun
calash (plural calashes)
- A silk and whalebone hood worn by ladies to shade the face.
- Mrs. Lobb, an elderly lady, in a green calash, from the sign of the ‘Fan’, in Dyot-street, St. Giles's, was announced by Kit Finney, the mason's son, as wishing to see Mr. Nollekens.1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 242
Also used as
calash is also the alternative form of calèche.
Forms of calash
| plural | calashes |
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Origin of calash
From French calèche.
Words that rhyme with calash
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hash
- mash
- rash
- plash
- thrash
- cache
- gash
- gnash
- goulash
- pash
- rehash
- sash
- stash
- bash
- bedash
- brash
- fash
- ganache
- overlash
- potash
- slapdash
- abash
- backslash
- backsplash
- gatecrash
- Kash
- midrash
- mishmash
- panache
- shamash
- shash
- stramash
- taplash
- apache
- bardash
- berdache
- Chumash
- encash
- haberdash
- heat rash
- keysmash
- Lagash
- Malagash
- Miminegash
- newsflash
- outflash
- overrash
- pearlash
Questions about calash
- What does calash mean?
- Calash means a silk and whalebone hood worn by ladies to shade the face.
- What part of speech is calash?
- Calash is a noun.
- What is the plural of calash?
- The plural of calash is calashes.
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