/keuh lash"/ , n.
1. Also, calèche . a light vehicle pulled by one or two horses, seating two to four passengers, and having two or four wheels, a seat for a driver on a splashboard, and sometimes a folding top.
2. a folding top of a carriage.
3. calèche (def. 1).
4. a bonnet that folds back like the top of a calash, worn by women in the 18th century.
[ 1660-70; calèche Kalesche kolesa carriage, lit., wheels; see WHEEL ]