howdahn.

Brit.

/ˈhaʊdə/, U.S.

/ˈhaʊdə/

Forms: Also houda, howda, houdah, houdar, houder.

Etymology: Persian and Urdu haudah, modified from Arabic haudaj, a litter carried by a camel or an elephant.

East India.

A seat to contain two or more persons, usually fitted with a railing and a canopy, erected on the back of an elephant.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > litter > on elephant

castlec1380

tower1553

ambari1672

howdah1775

1775 Ann. Reg. 1774 211 Where proudly plac'd the regal Houdah stands.

1775–6 Carraccioli Life Clive III. 133 Colonel Smith..reviewed his troops from the houdar of his elephant.

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 195/1 Two elephants caparisoned with scarlet howders.

1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master i. 14 A gorgeous howda deck'd the beast.

1882 B. D. W. Ramsay Recoll. Mil. Serv. I. v. 103 I sat in the same howdah with the Resident on his elephant.

Compounds

† howdah-wallah n. Obsolete the driver of an elephant which has been fitted with a howdah; (occasionally also) an elephant trained to carry a howdah.ⓘ

ΚΠ

1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah vi. 176 Strange stories these old howdah-wallahs could tell us, if they had the gift of speech!

1896 P. Hodnett Tales Adventure on Land & Sea 31 The howdah wallah, or driver, was seated on his neck, trying to coax him with fine words, but this had no effect.

Derivatives

ˈhowdahed adj. bearing a howdah.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [adjective] > carried by a pack animal > bearing a howdah

howdahed1803

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [adjective] > bearing a howdah or castle

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1803 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. II. 383 He met our army with a splendid retinue of cavalry and howdahed elephants.

ˈhowdahful n. as many as a howdah will hold.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > a load as a quantity > amount that fills other means of transport

sledful1701

trolleyful1889

howdahful1892

1892 Strand Mag. 4 15 [An elephant] with a howdahful of children.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	howdah
释义	howdahn. Brit. /ˈhaʊdə/, U.S. /ˈhaʊdə/ Forms: Also houda, howda, houdah, houdar, houder. Etymology: Persian and Urdu haudah, modified from Arabic haudaj, a litter carried by a camel or an elephant. East India. A seat to contain two or more persons, usually fitted with a railing and a canopy, erected on the back of an elephant. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > litter > on elephant castlec1380 tower1553 ambari1672 howdah1775 1775 Ann. Reg. 1774 211 Where proudly plac'd the regal Houdah stands. 1775–6 Carraccioli Life Clive III. 133 Colonel Smith..reviewed his troops from the houdar of his elephant. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 195/1 Two elephants caparisoned with scarlet howders. 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master i. 14 A gorgeous howda deck'd the beast. 1882 B. D. W. Ramsay Recoll. Mil. Serv. I. v. 103 I sat in the same howdah with the Resident on his elephant. Compounds † howdah-wallah n. Obsolete the driver of an elephant which has been fitted with a howdah; (occasionally also) an elephant trained to carry a howdah.ⓘ ΚΠ 1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah vi. 176 Strange stories these old howdah-wallahs could tell us, if they had the gift of speech! 1896 P. Hodnett Tales Adventure on Land & Sea 31 The howdah wallah, or driver, was seated on his neck, trying to coax him with fine words, but this had no effect. Derivatives ˈhowdahed adj. bearing a howdah. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [adjective] > carried by a pack animal > bearing a howdah howdahed1803 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [adjective] > bearing a howdah or castle tower-backed1762 howdahed1803 toweredc1820 1803 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. II. 383 He met our army with a splendid retinue of cavalry and howdahed elephants. ˈhowdahful n. as many as a howdah will hold. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > a load as a quantity > amount that fills other means of transport sledful1701 trolleyful1889 howdahful1892 1892 Strand Mag. 4 15 [An elephant] with a howdahful of children. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1775
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