howdah (redirected from howdahs)

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]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

howdah - 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"