Definition of Calèches

1. Noun. (plural of calèche) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calèches

1. caleche [n] - See also: caleche

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calèches

calyptrae
calyptras
calyptrate
calyptriform
calyptrolith
calyx
calyx-tube
calyx tube
calyxed
calyxes
calzirtite
calzone
calzones
calzoni
calzoons
calèches (current term)
cam'st
cam stroke
cama
camachile
camaieu
camaieus
camaieux
camail
camailed
camails
camalexin
camallanina
caman
camanachd

Literary usage of Calèches

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

1. At Home and Abroad: A Sketch-book of Life, Scenery and Men by Bayard Taylor (1872)
"As we approached the beach in the steamer's boat, we noticed a multitude of caleches, drawn by ponies, standing in the water. ..."

2. 1815, Waterloo by Henry Houssaye (1905)
"Then, leaving Soult at Philippeville to watch over the rallying of the Army, he entered all alone, as it seems, .one of the caleches of the Major-General. ..."

3. History of the British Colonies by Robert Montgomery Martin (1835)
"Return of the Number of Carts and Caleches in Malta and Gozo, ... Carts Caleches 1137 264 25 14 Totals. 1162 278 1440 Carts employed solely on the farms are ..."

4. The Auto-biography of Goethe: Truth and Poetry: from My Own Life by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1849)
"The drivers kept up an incessant shouting at the top of their voice whenever donkeys with their loads of wood or rubbish, or rolling caleches ..."

5. Adventure Guide by Heather Stimmler-Hall (2004)
"The Caleches du Chateau de Versailles are the only way of seeing the chateau ... ATTENTION: The Caleches aren't the same as the horse-drawn wagons (with ..."

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