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chabutra India.|tʃəˈbuːtra| Also chabootah, chaboot(e)ra, chapudra, chebootura. [Hind. chabūtrā, chabūtara.] ‘A paved or plastered terrace or platform, often attached to a house, or in a garden’ (Yule).
1827Scott Surg. Dau. xiv. This splendid procession having entered the royal gardens, approached..a chabootra, or platform of white marble..which occupied the centre. 1848‘J. Kirkland’ Eerie Laird x. 111 The..chabooteras of Delhi. 1882F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs x. 227 Some ryots had been called in to..raise a rough chapudra or terrace. 1895B. M. Croker Village Tales 154 He sat on his chabootra stolidly smoking his huka. 1963Times 30 Jan. 12/6 The temple buildings clustered round a stone ‘chabutra’, a central meeting-point common to many villages. |