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Webster 1913 Edition
Tarantass
Tarˊan-tass′
,Noun.
[Russ.
tarantas’
.] A low four-wheeled carriage used in Russia. The carriage box rests on two long, springy poles which run from the fore to the hind axletree. When snow falls, the wheels are taken off, and the body is mounted on a sledge.
Definition 2024
tarantass
tarantass
English
Noun
tarantass (plural tarantasses)
- A low horse-drawn carriage without springs used in Russia, capable of having its wheels replaced with runners during the winter.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 396:
- From Samarkand, using that peculiarly Russian means of transport, the springless, horse-drawn tarantass, Curzon reached Tashkent by the post road in thirty uncomfortable hours.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 396:
Translations
a low horse-drawn carriage without springs used in Russia
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