kibitkas

Noun

kibitka (plural kibitkas)

1. A Russian type of telega or sleigh with a (usually rounded) cover over the passenger seats.
   • Three kinds of conveyances are available: the telega, or cart without springs, which has to be changed at every station, and for which a charge of about 8d. is made at every stage; the kibitka, or cart (in winter a sledge) with a hood; and the tarantas, a kind of carriage on wooden springs, which...1868, “Route 25: London to Pekin […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 329
2. A circular tent or yurt used by various nomadic peoples such as the Kalmyks and Kyrgyz.
   • On 12 January, having hired horses for himself, his servant and the guide, and three camels to carry their baggage, including a kibitka, or Turcoman tent, he left Kazala, ostensibly bound for the Russian garrison town.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 328

   Synonyms:

   yurt