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Definition of Palkee
1. n. A palanquin.
Definition of Palkee
1. Noun. A palanquin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Palkee
1. palki [n -S] - See also: palki
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palkee
Literary usage of Palkee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Diary in India, in the Year 1858-9 by Sir William Howard Russell (1860)
"Our aides-de-camps.—The Chief Commissioner of Oude.— My palkee and appurtenances
sold. ... palkee ..."
2. Anglo-Indian Domestic Life: A Letter from an Artist in India to His Mother by Colesworthey Grant (1862)
"Then follows a smaller description of palkee garee, having sliding panels instead
of doors, and requiring but one horse ..."
3. The Wonders of Elora: Or, The Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and by John Benjamin Seely (1825)
"... encampment—Hindoo temple— Magnificent views—Top of the G'hat—Hindoo porters—
palkee bearers ... palkee ..."
4. Up and Down the Irrawaddi: Or, The Golden Dagon : Being Passages of by John Williamson Palmer (1859)
"THE QHAUT AT MOULMEIN—palkee- ... Under the barn-like shed of the wharf, and on
both sides of the way approaching it, were palkee- ..."
5. Sketches of India by Moyle Sherer, Officer for fire-side travellers at-home (1824)
"We stood up in our howdah and bowed ; he half rose in his palkee, and salaamed
rather in a courteous manner. At this there was a loud cry of all his ..."
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