kibitka

Definitions

noun A circular tent used by the Kirghiz and other Tatars.
noun A Russian cart or wagon with a rounded top, covered with felt or leather. It serves as a kind of movable habitation, and is used for traveling in winter.

noun A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.
noun A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation.

noun A circular tent used by various nomadic peoples such as the Kalmyks and Kyrgyz.
noun A type of covered horse-drawn carriage from Russia, often used to transport prisoners.

From Russian кибитка (kibítka), from Tatar (kibits).

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[Note 48: The "kibitka," properly speaking, whether on wheels or runners, is a vehicle with a hood not unlike a big cradle.]

Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818
I long watched the steppe over which his _ "kibitka" _ was rapidly gliding.

The Daughter of the Commandant Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818
_ "kibitka" _ and gave the word to return to Berd.

The Daughter of the Commandant Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818
For fifteen years I served my country in the ranks; I have had the wind of many a bullet in my face; I have crossed Siberia and been a prisoner there; the Russians flung me on a kibitka, and God knows what I suffered.

Modeste Mignon 2007
In Russian, a yurt is called "yurta" (юрта), and there is an obsolete term "kibitka" (кибитка).

Yurts Annie 2006
In Russian, a yurt is called "yurta" (юрта), and there is an obsolete term "kibitka" (кибитка).

Archive 2006-10-01 Annie 2006
Now, in the absence of any ferry, how was the kibitka to get from one bank to the other?

Michael Strogoff 2003
AT nightfall, on the 25th of August, the kibitka came in sight of Krasnoiarsk.

Michael Strogoff 2003
Not a scout had appeared on the road over which the kibitka had just traveled.

Michael Strogoff 2003
The trot was exchanged for the amble as soon as Nicholas awoke, but the kibitka had not the less gained some versts.

Michael Strogoff 2003