tarantass
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tarantass
- /taɹənˈtas/ UK
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From Russian таранта́с (tarantás).
noun tarantasses · tarantas
- A low horse-drawn carriage without springs used in Russia, capable of having its wheels replaced with runners during the winter. Three kinds of conveyances are available: the telega, or cart without springs, which has to be changed at every station, and for which a charge of about 8d. is made at every stage; the kibitka, or cart (in winter a sledge) with a hood; and the tarantas, a kind of carriage on wooden springs, which ad
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Talk about this word "tarantass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tarantass. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026. tarantass. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 8, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tarantass "tarantass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 8, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tarantass.Cite this
@misc{tarantass_2026,
title = {tarantass},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tarantass},
urldate = {2026-11-08}
}
