Definition of "kago" in English

noun

1. (chiefly historical) An open and suspended Japanese style of sedan chair.

   • There are no roads outside the villages in northern Yezo, no jinriksha,—those most fascinating man-power carriages,—no kago, or swinging cars, and no side-saddles...

2. (chiefly historical, inexact) Any Japanese litter, inclusive of norimonos and other styles.