kibitka

• kabitka

From Russian киби́тка (kibítka); see there for more.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɪˈbɪtkə/

kibitka (plural kibitkas)

1. A Russian type of telega or sleigh with a (usually rounded) cover over the passenger seats.
2. A circular tent or yurt 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.

• (tent): yurt