jhulan.
/ˈdʒuːlə/, U.S. /ˈdʒulə/ India.
A simple suspension bridge used in the Himalayas.
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suspended bridge1796
hanging bridge1815
wire bridge1816
chain-bridge1818
bridge of suspension1821
suspension-bridge1821
jhula1830
tension-bridge1877
1830 A. S. H. Mountain Mem. & Lett. (1857) 114 Our chief object in descending to the Sutlej was to swing on a Joolah bridge.
1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 458 The rustic bridge is supplanted..by jhulas, formed by ropes stretched across, constituting a species of loose parapet.
1923 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 259//2 A jhula or swinging rope-bridge.
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