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calashes

calashes is the plural of calash.

Meaning of calash

Noun

calash (plural calashes)

  1. (historical) 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

Questions about calashes

What is calashes the plural of?
Calashes is the plural of calash.

Words near calashes in the dictionary

  1. CalArts style
  2. calas
  3. Calascibetta
  4. calascione
  5. calash
  6. calashes
  7. Calasiao
  8. calasiris
  9. Calatagan
  10. calatase
  11. Calatayud

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