telega

[ tuh-leg-uh; Russian tyi-lye-guh ]

/ təˈlɛg ə; Russian tyɪˈlyɛ gə /

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

Origin of telega

1550–60; < Russian teléga, probably ultimately < Mongolian; compare classical Mongolian telege(n) carriage

As it came nearer, I perceived a telega, a country cart, with a horse harnessed to it.

Fred Markham in Russia |W. H. G. Kingston
At the same moment the rattling noise of a telega was heard somewhere in the distance.

The Duel |A. I. Kuprin
Curiously primitive, the telega is four-wheeled, with two planks thrown crudely across the axle-trees.

The Secret of the Night |Gaston Leroux
Sledge-travelling was discontinued, and we had to resort to the telega, simply an open cart without any springs.

The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, |Alexander Michie

I mounted the telega (Summer carriage), two hussars withdrawn swords beside, and took the road to Khasan.

Marie |Alexander Pushkin

telega

/ (tɛˈleɪɡə) /

a rough four-wheeled cart used in Russia

C16: from Russian