There is a howdah on the horse and a saddle on the elephant.
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Howdah
//ˈhaʊdə//
Synonyms for "howdah" (2 found)
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Translations
12 translations across 6 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- شقدف noun (Translations)
- مِحَفَّة noun (Translations)
- هودج noun (Translations)
- هَوْدَج noun (Translations)
Indonesian
1 entries- haudah noun (Translations)
Malay
1 entries- rengga noun (Translations)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- محفه noun (Translations)
- هودج noun (Translations)
Persian
1 entries- کجاوه noun (Translations)
Turkish
3 entries- hevdec noun (Translations)
- mahfe noun (Translations)
- mahmil noun (Translations)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
They don't ask for palanquins and howdahs.
Source: wiktionary
I shot a couple […] Only from the safety of a howdah, of course.
Source: wiktionary
I felt the corporeal elephant on whose back my world was supported amble effortlessly along, rather than it being necessary for me to lean out from the howdah of my head and goad him.
Source: wiktionary
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