tarantass

[ tahr-uh n-tahs ]

/ ˌtɑr ənˈtɑs /

a large, four-wheeled Russian carriage mounted without springs on two parallel longitudinal wooden bars.

Origin of tarantass

1840–50; < Russian tarantás, said to be < Tatar tarιntas

Suddenly, during a flash of lightning, one of these masses was seen crashing and rolling down the mountain towards the tarantass.

Michael Strogoff |Jules Verne
Late in the afternoon we halted for dinner, ordering the samovar almost before we stopped the tarantass.

Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life |Thomas Wallace Knox
He shouted back to the Tsar to hand up to Ivan the long bear-spear which was strapped to the side of the tarantass.

Boris the Bear-Hunter |Fred Whishaw
If he should buy a tarantass and it gave out he would be forced to leave it till he came again, or sell it at any price offered.

Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life |Thomas Wallace Knox

Many time they had no bed but the tarantass, and no food but what they had brought with them.

The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867. |E. Rameur

tarantass

/ (ˌtɑːrənˈtæs) /

a large horse-drawn four-wheeled Russian carriage without springs

C19: from Russian tarantas, from Kazan Tatar taryntas