tarantassn.
/ˌtarənˈtas/, /ˌtarn̩ˈtas/, U.S. /ˈtɑrənˈˌtɑs/ A four-wheeled Russian travelling-carriage without springs, on a long flexible wooden chassis.
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1850 (title) The Tarantas, travelling impressions of Young Russia, by Count Sollogub.
1876 F. G. Burnaby Ride to Khiva xxxvi. 342 The tarantass..resembled a hansom cab without the wheels,..fastened in a brewer's dray.
1882 H. Landell Through Siberia I. 135 A roofless, seatless, springless, semi-cylindrical tumbril, mounted on poles which connect two wooden axle~trees..called by the general name of tarantass.
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