Calash

n.	1.	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 closed carriage. The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants. - W. Irving.
	2.	In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front.
	3.	A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure.
	4.	A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage.

Noun	1.	calash - a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century Synonyms: caleche
	2.	calash - the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage Synonyms: calash top, caleche

caleche, hood