chabutran.
/tʃəˈbuːtrə/, U.S. /tʃəˈbutrə/, /tʃəˈbuˌtrɑ/ India.
‘A paved or plastered terrace or platform, often attached to a house, or in a garden’ (Yule).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > porches, balconies, etc. > [noun] > portico
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1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. xv. 352 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.
1882 F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs x. 227 Some ryots had been called in to..raise a rough chapudra or terrace.
1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales 154 He sat on his chabootra stolidly smoking his huka.
1963 Times 30 Jan. 12/6 The temple buildings clustered round a stone ‘chabutra’, a central meeting-point common to many villages.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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