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‖ charpoy Anglo-Ind.|ˈtʃɑːpɔɪ|
Also charpai.
[a. Urdū chārpāī, f. Pers. chahār-pāī four-footed.]
The common light Indian bedstead.
1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 97 A camp-table, a camp-stool or folding-chair, a charpoy or bedstead. 1859Lang Wand. India 138 He attempted to rise from the charpai. 1885Macm. Mag. Nov. 80/2 The native bed, or charpoy, a web of netting stretched on four short legs. |