| 单词 |
howdah |
| 释义 |
‖ howdah East Ind.|ˈhaʊdə|
Also houda, howda, houdah, houdar, -er.
[Pers. and Urdū haudah, modified from Arab. haudaj, a litter carried by a camel or an elephant.]
A seat to contain two or more persons, usually fitted with a railing and a canopy, erected on the back of an elephant.
1774Ann. Reg. 211 Where proudly plac'd the regal Houdah stands. 1775–6Carraccioli Life Clive III. 133 (Y.) Colonel Smith..reviewed his troops from the houdar of his elephant. 1800Asiat. Ann. Reg., Misc. Tr. 195/1 Two elephants caparisoned with scarlet howders. 1816‘Quiz’ Grand Master i. 14 A gorgeous howda deck'd the beast. 1882B. D. W. Ramsay Recoll. Mil. Serv. I. v. 103, I sat in the same howdah with the Resident on his elephant.
Hence ˈhowdahed a., bearing a howdah; ˈhowdahful, as many as a howdah will hold.
1804W. Tennant Ind. Recreat. (ed. 2) II. 383 Howdahed elephants. 1892Strand Mag. IV. 15 [An elephant] with a howdahful of children. |
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