1a. A light carriage with two or four low wheels and a collapsible top. b. A top for this or a similar carriage. 2. A woman's folding bonnet of the late 18th century.
ETYMOLOGY:
French calèche, from German Kalesche, from Czech kolesa, from pl. of kolo, koles-, wheel, from Old Church Slavonic. See kwel-1 in Appendix I.
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