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choola|ˈtʃuːla|
Also choolah, chula.
[Hind. chúlhá, chúlhí fireplace (Skr. chulli).]
An Indian fireplace or cooking-place.
1813J. Forbes Oriental Mem. III. 120 A marble corridore filled up with Choolas, or cooking-places, composed of mud, cow-dung, and unburnt bricks. 1864J. A. Grant Walk across Africa 51, I observed a portable Indian ‘choolah’ or fireplace inside the hut. 1929F. L. Brayne Remaking Village India 221 The chūla has been designed to burn soft coke, as a substitute for dung-cakes. 1945― Better Villages (ed. 3) 50 The ordinary chula (grate) besides wasting most of the heat of the fire, only holds one pot. |