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Webster 1913 Edition
Kibitka
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Ki-bit′ka
,Noun.
pl.
Kibitkas
. [Russ.]
1.
A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.
2.
A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners, sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as a movable habitation.
Definition 2024
kibitka
kibitka
English
A kibitka on display in a Polish museum
Alternative forms
Noun
kibitka (plural kibitkas)
- A circular tent used by various nomadic peoples such as the Kalmyks and Kyrgyz.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 328:
- On 12 January, having hired horses for himself, his servant and the guide, and three camels to carry their baggage, including a kibitka, or Turcoman tent, he left Kazala, ostensibly bound for the Russian garrison town.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 328:
- A type of covered horse-drawn carriage from Russia, often used to transport prisoners.