Tarantass

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /taɹənˈtas/

Origin

From Russian тарантас.

Full definition of tarantass

Noun

1. A low horse-drawn carriage without springs used in Russia, capable of having its wheels replaced with runners during the winter.
• 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 396:From Samarkand, using that peculiarly Russian means of transport, the springless, horse-drawn tarantass, Curzon reached Tashkent by the post road in thirty uncomfortable hours.