Definition of Calesa

1. a calash [n -S] - See also: calash

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calesa

calendographers
calendrer
calendrers
calendric
calendrical
calendrically
calendrics
calendry
calends
calendula
calendulas
calendulin
calenture
calentured
calentures
calesa (current term)
calesas
calescence
calescent
calf
calf's-foot jelly
calf's brain
calf's liver
calf's tongue
calf-bone
calf bone
calf bones
calf diphtheria
calf love
calf pump

Literary usage of Calesa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Glimpses of Spain; Or, Notes of an Unfinished Tour in 1847 by Severn Teackle Wallis (1849)
"Journey to Xerez—Port St. Mary's—The calesa—Don ... calesa with me, "as it would be cheaper for two than one, and he knew a man who did ..."

2. The Boy Travellers in Mexico: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to by Thomas Wallace Knox (1890)
"THE calesa.—A. RIDE THROUGH THE STREETS.—WHEN MERIDA WAS FOUNDED. ... That which first caught the eyes of the youths was a calesa, a sort of chaise carrying ..."

3. Romantic Spain: A Record of Personal Experiences by John Augustus O'Shea (1887)
"CHAPTER I. A Tidy City—A Sacred Corpse—Remarkable Features of Puerto—A calesa—Lady Blanche's Castle—A Typical English Engineer—British Enterprise—" Success ..."

4. Grammar of the Spanish Language: With Practical Exercises by Auguste-Louis Josse (1847)
"A Dios, Amado hermano y amigo: salí de Villagarcía el día 15; en el se estanco dos veces la calesa sobre el hielo, y la segunda vez estuvo encima de el ..."

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