telega

American  

[tuh-leg-uh, tyi-lye-guh] / təˈlɛg ə, tyɪˈlyɛ gə /

noun

1. a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.

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telega British  

/ tɛˈleɪɡə /

noun

1. a rough four-wheeled cart used in Russia

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Etymology

Origin of telega

First recorded in 1550–60; from Russian teléga, probably ultimately from Mongolian; compare classical Mongolian telege(n) “carriage”

Example Sentences

He seated himself in his telega, in which lay two trunks, one containing his pistols, the other his effects.

From Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich

Curiously primitive, the telega is four-wheeled, with two planks thrown crudely across the axle-trees.

From The Secret of the Night by Leroux, Gaston

He stopped to watch us as we plunged into the flood, with our Russian telega for a ferry-boat.

From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Allen, Thomas Gaskell

The telega in which we were seated—a four-wheeled skeleton cart—did not submit to the ill-treatment so silently.

From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir

Although the journey was not continued by night the telega was still Godfrey's constant place of abode.

From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Paget, Walter