calash

Plural: calashes

Noun

• a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century
• the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage
• Alternative form of calèche (“type of carriage with low wheels”).
• A silk and whalebone hood worn by ladies to shade the face.
• pl. -ES a light carriage

Synonyms

calash top, caleche