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‖ kheda, keddah|ˈkeɪdə, ˈkɛdə|
Also khedda(h, (kiddah).
[Hindī khēdā.]
An enclosure used in Bengal, Assam, etc., for the capture of wild elephants; corresp. to the corral of Sri Lanka.
1799Corse in Phil. Trans. LXXXIX. 38 She was driven by Mr. Leeke's elephant hunters into a keddah. 1827D. Johnson Ind. Field Sports 55 Elephants are numerous,..The principal Keddah for catching them is in the district of Tipperah. 1879F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah I. 80, I remember, when kheddahs were started in Burmah, nearly a hundred elephants had been driven into an inclosure. 1889Daily News 27 Nov. 5/4 A kheda..has been formed in the jungle near an elephant cover. |