howdah


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
howdah /ˈhaʊdə/
noun (in the Indian subcontinent) a seat for riding on the back of an elephant, usually having a canopy.
– origin from Urdu haudah, from Arab. hawdaj ‘litter’.
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