charpoy
/ˈtʃɑːpɔɪ
/noun Indian
A light bedstead.We sit cross-legged, facing each other, on a charpoy - a bedstead - in the middle of the farmyard....
- In winter, log fires blaze amidst the charpoys scattered around for people to sit on, chat, and enjoy the shows and dances.
- Inside the gate the maintenance staff, three or four men, sat idly on a charpoy.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Urdu cārpāī 'four-legged', from Persian.
- good-for-something
- good for the soul
- Good Friday
- Good Friday agreement
- good-going
- good graces
- good grief!
- good guts
- good guy
- good hair
- good-handling
- good-hearted
- good-heartedness
- good Henry
- good-hitting
- Good Hope, Cape of
- good humour
- good-humoured
- good-humouredly
- goodiness
- gooding
- Gooding Day
- good-intentioned
- goodish
- goodish length