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Howdah

//ˈhaʊdə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant or camel.

    "They don't ask for palanquins and howdahs."

  2. 2
    a (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant wordnet
  3. 3
    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.

Etymology

From Hindi हौदा (haudā), from Arabic هَوْدَج (hawdaj, “litter carried by a camel”) (1774).

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