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palanquin
n.
type of carriage made of an enclosed seat carried on poles (used formerly in India and other Eastern countries to carry important people), litter
Litter (vehicle)
The
litter is a class of
wheelless vehicles, a type of
human-powered transport, for the transport of persons. Examples of litter vehicles include
lectica (ancient Rome),
kiệu [轎] (
Vietnam),
sedan chair (
Britain),
litera (
Spain),
palanquin (
France,
India,
Ghana),
jiao (
China),
liteira (
Portugal),
wo (วอ, Chinese style known as
kiao เกี้ยว) (
Thailand),
gama (
Korea),
koshi,
ren and
kago [駕籠] (
Japan) and
tahtırevan (
Turkey).
palanquin
Noun
1. a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers
(synonym) palankeen
(hypernym) litter
palanquin
nm.
palanquin, type of carriage made of an enclosed seat carried on poles (used formerly in India and other Eastern countries to carry important people), litter
Palanquin
(n.)
An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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