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howdah

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how·dah also hou·dah  (houd)
n.
A seat, usually fitted with a canopy and railing, placed on the back of an elephant or a camel.
[Urdu haudah, from Arabic hawdaj, litter, sedan chair, from hadaja, to shuffle along, totter; see hdg in Semitic roots.]
howdah
Noun
a seat for riding on an elephant's back [Hindi haudah]
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Noun1.howdahhowdah - a (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant
houdah
seat - any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat before sitting down"


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It has a sort of howdah on its back, and its distended tusked mouth into which the billows are rolling, might be taken for the Traitors' Gate leading from the Thames by water into the Tower.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
He looked down from his howdah and saw that the elephant had stepped across the body of a snake which was dragging itself through the jungle.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
The emperor rode in a golden howdah upon the back of a huge elephant so covered with rich hangings and embellished with scintillating gems that scarce more than the beast's eyes and feet were visible.
The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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