tarantass

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tarantass

a tarantass in Siberia, c.1885

Etymology

From Russian таранта́с (tarantás).

Pronunciation

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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.

Translations

a low horse-drawn carriage without springs used in Russia

Belarusian: таранта́с m (tarantás)
French: tarantass (fr) m
Hungarian: tarantász
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Polish: tarantas m
Russian: таранта́с (ru) m (tarantás)
Ukrainian: таранта́с (uk) m (tarantás)

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