a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs
Word origin
[1550–60; ‹ Russ teléga, prob. ult. ‹ Mongolian; cf. classical Mongolian telege(n) carriage]This word is first recorded in the period 1550–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: coach, haul, modulate, network, scanner