What's the difference between cabriolet and calash?

Cabriolet


Definition:

  • (n.) A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As for Serena’s great rival, Sharapova, she was seen off by Kerber in a rollicking fourth-round match on a sun-dappled, cabriolet Centre Court: 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.
  • (2) "The idea was that people arrived in their cabriolets and looked like Jackie Onassis.
  • (3) Simon Jacobs, 53, an employee engagement consultant from Hammersmith, London, bought his first new car, a Golf Cabriolet VW, in April 2014 for £25,000.

Calash


Definition:

  • (n.) A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage.
  • (n.) In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front.
  • (n.) A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure.
  • (n.) A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage.

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