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‖ kajawah|kəˈdʒɑːwə, ˈkɑːdʒəwə|
Forms: 7 cajua, cajava, kedg-, cedgeway, 9 kedjavé, kidja-, kha-, kajawah, -weh.
[Urdū (Pers.) kajāwah; also Pers. kajawah.]
A camel-litter for women; a kind of large pannier or wooden frame, a pair of which are carried by a camel.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 151 Women of note travell upon Coozelbash-Camels, each Camell loaded with two Cages (or Cajuaes as they call them) which hang on either side the beast. 1678J. Phillips tr. Tavernier's Trav. i. ii. iii. (1684) 63 Fifty Camels that carry'd his women; their Cajavas being cover'd with Scarlet-cloth. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 309 Others in Kedgways, or Wooden-Houses, one on each side of a Camel, tied like Panniers. Ibid. 394 Nor must they stir abroad unvailed, unless shut up in Cedge⁓waies, and then well attended. 1783G. Forster Journ. fr. Bengal (1798) II. xiv. 93 This pannier, termed in the Persic, kidjahwah, is a wooden frame [etc.]. 1849E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 160 His left leg was heavily chained to a Kajáwah, or camel-saddle. 1894R. Kipling Jungle Bk. 196 The men piled our kajawahs..outside the square. |