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tarantas

tarantas is the alternative form of tarantass.

Meaning of tarantass

Noun

tarantass (plural tarantasses)

  1. A low horse-drawn carriage without springs used in Russia, capable of having its wheels replaced with runners during the winter.
    • 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

Forms of tarantas

pluraltarantases

Questions about tarantas

What is tarantas the alternative form of?
Tarantas is the alternative form of tarantass.

Words near tarantas in the dictionary

  1. Taranis
  2. Taranna
  3. tarans
  4. tarantara
  5. tarantaras
  6. tarantas
  7. tarantases
  8. tarantass
  9. tarantasses
  10. tarantella
  11. tarantellas

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