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‖ machila|maˈʃila|
Also machilla.
[Pg., perh. f. Tamil macil, mañcil stage in a journey, f. Hindi manzil, f. Arabic.]
A conveyance, usually for one person, used in Africa, consisting of a hammock slung between two poles, carried by two or more bearers.
1884Mrs. M. A. Pringle Towards Mountains of Moon vii. 89 The Portuguese [in Quilliman] go from house to house in a sort of palanquin, called here a machilla (pronounced masheela). 1897H. H. Johnston Brit. Cent. Afr. iv. 91 We then started for Kotakota, Jumbe's men insisting on carrying me in a machilla. 1900Grogan & Sharp From Cape to Cairo 168 [He] obtained..a team of boys to carry me in a machila to the highlands of Kivu. 1944J. C. Heenan Cardinal Hinsley 64, I have now travelled in Africa in every kind of conveyance—ox carts, glorified perambulators, machilla. 1952S. Cloete Curve & Tusk (1953) iv. 38 We will carry you, Lord, we will carry you in a machila, a hammock.
b. attrib., as machila-carrier, etc.
1900Grogan & Sharp From Cape to Cairo vi. 57 [He] utilized the bandsmen when off duty as machila-carriers. 1906R. C. F. Maugham Portuguese E. Afr. 14 Machilla-travelling on the Frontier. |