Căl'a-băsh, n.
[Fr. calebasse, Sp. calabaza, Catalan carabassa, Sicilian caravazza, Pg. calabaza and cabaça, from Ar. garah, f., a kind of gourd, and aibas, f. aibasah, dry, so that it properly and originally signifies a gourd bottle, i. e., a dry gourd scooped out, in which wine is carried, and which in Spanish is called calabaza and calabacino.]
Sense 1. The fruit of the calabash-tree, which, when dried and cleansed from the pulp, is used for a variety of domestic purposes, as for holding liquids, &c. Loudon.
Sense 2. A vessel made from the gourd, or the gourd itself.