pulwarn.
/ˈpʌlwɑː/, U.S. /ˈpəlˌwɑr/ A kind of riverboat used esp. in north-east India and Bangladesh, primarily for cargo.According to Dict. World's Watercraft (2000) at pallar, the smaller boats tend to have no sails, while the larger ones may have one or more (cf. quot. 1824).
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1758 Let. July in Orig. Papers Disturbances in Bengal (1765) I. 4 I acquainted you by express Pulwar of the complaints made to me by the Nabob's Meer Munshee.
1765 J. Z. Holwell Interesting Hist. Events: Pt. 1 ii. 69 We observed a boat..making for Patna; the commandant dispatched two light pulwaars after her.
1793 W. Hodges Trav. India 39 Besides this boat, a gentleman is usually attended by two others; a pulwah for the accommodation of the kitchen, and a smaller boat.
1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 1 Aug. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. ix. 179 The large pulwars with sails..reminded me of the Manks jagger-boats.
1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson Pulwah, Pulwar. One of the native boats used on the rivers of Bengal, carrying some 12 to 15 tons.
1959 B. B. Misra Central Admin. of East India Company 420 Provisions were also made for ‘pulwar’ and ‘dingey’ boats to carry daks through waterways.
1975 R. F. Nyrop Area Handbk. for Bangladesh iii. 73 Country boats vary upward in size from dinghies..through the sampanlike pulwars.
2000 I. Woodfield Music of Raj 6 Army camp baskets, river baggage boats, hircurras, and pulwars seemed to be needed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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