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Definition of Howdah
1. Noun. A (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant.
Definition of Howdah
1. n. A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders.
Definition of Howdah
1. Noun. A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant or camel. ¹
2. Noun. An ornate carriage which is positioned on the back of elephants or occasionally other animals, used most often in the past for rich people who travelled in India via elephant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Howdah
1. a seat on an elephant or camel for riders [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Howdah
Literary usage of Howdah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tent Life in Tigerland: With which is Incorporated Sport and Work on the by James Inglis (1892)
"Outside should be a strong iron step, to get out and in by easily, and a strong
iron ring, through which to pass the rope that binds the howdah to the ..."
2. Tent Life in Tigerland: With which is Incorporated Sport and Work on the by James Inglis (1892)
"howdahs and howdah-ropes—Mussulman custom—Killing animals for food—Mysterious
appearance of natives when an animal is killed— Fastening dead tigers to the ..."
3. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier: Or, Twelve Years Sporting by James Inglis (1878)
"Outside should be a strong iron step, to get out and in by easily, and a strong
iron ring, through which to pass the rope that binds the howdah to the ..."
4. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"... describing the various fittings which go to form the panniers, which in Malaya
take the place of the Indian howdah, are given in N. and Q., with No. XV. ..."
5. Letters on Sport in Eastern Bengal by Frank B. Simson (1886)
"... but no elephant can carry the howdah even and properly, and no sportsman can
enjoy a comfortable day's shooting, if his howdah rests on a bad ..."
6. The Large and Small Game of Bengal and the North-western Provinces of India by John Henry Baldwin (1876)
"There are three ways of carrying on tiger shooting practised by English sportsmen
in the East. The first and most general plan is howdah shooting. ..."
7. A Glimpse of India: Being a Collection of Extracts from the Letters Dr by Clara A. Swain (1909)
"The Rajah and the agent mount the state elephant and seat themselves in the state
howdah which is made of silver and gold, and a man sits at the back and ..."
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