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ghoont|guːnt|
Also ghounte, goont, gunt.
[Hind.]
A Himalayan pony.
1625Purchas Pilgrims I. iv. iv. 438 Heere is the great breed of a small kind of Horse, called Gunts, a true trauelling scalecliffe beast. 1834tr. Jacquemont's Journ. India II. 12 In Cashmere, I shall buy, without regard to price, the best ghounte in Tibet. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Ghoont, a small surefooted Indian pony, used in the mountain ranges as a pack or saddle-horse. 1871E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) II. 312/2 During winter the ghoont live on the roots of the stunted bushes, and are very expert at scraping the snow from off them with their fore feet. |