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Meanings of telga in English

Russian
телеги
Spanish
telega

Type of four-wheel horse-drawn vehicle, known in Russia and other countries.

телеги
Synonyms
Examples for "telega"
Examples for "telega"
1
A little further off stood some cars and a big telega.
The Precipice
2
Curiously primitive, the telega is four-wheeled, with two planks thrown crudely across the axle-trees.
The Secret of the Night
3
Tell me rather why you sleep in the telega.
The Precipice
4
The woman pointed to the telega in silence.
The Precipice
5
Rezanov stood the telega exactly half a day.
Rezanov
Usage of telga in English
1
He even began to speak of a lawsuit against the owner of the telga.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
2
The traveler journeys in summer in a kibick or telga; in winter, in a sledge.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
3
So here we are in the worse half of a telga; no driver, no horses.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
4
To a telga or to a tarantass?
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
5
This was neither a tarantass nor a telga, but a post-berlin, which looked as if it had made a long journey.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
6
Michael Strogoff would have been obliged to employ a telga, if he had not been lucky enough to discover a tarantass.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
7
The telga is nothing but an open four-wheeled cart, made entirely of wood, the pieces fastened together by means of strong rope.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
8
Six hours afterwards the two vehicles, the tarantass preceding the telga, arrived at Ekaterenburg, nothing worthy of note having happened in the descent.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
9
The post extraordinary, known by the name of "perck-ladnoi," is carried by the telga, as any road is good enough for it.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
10
"Yes, this is what you call a telga!"
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
11
"But the telga," observed the Englishman.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
12
"Is a telga still before us?"
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
13
He even began to speak of a lawsuit against the owner of the telga.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
14
The traveler journeys in summer in a kibick or telga; in winter, in a sledge.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
15
So here we are in the worse half of a telga; no driver, no horses.
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
16
To a telga or to a tarantass?
Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar
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Translations for telga
Spanish
telega
Telga through the time