kajawahn.
/kəˈdʒɑːwə//ˈkɑːdʒəwə/ A camel-litter for women; a kind of large pannier or wooden frame, a pair of which are carried by a camel.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > litter > on camel
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1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 151 Women of note trauell vpon Coozelbash-camels, each Camell loaded with two cages (or cajuaes as they call them) which hang on either side the beast.
1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. ii. iii. 63 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) Fifty Camels that carry'd his women; their Cajavas being cover'd with Scarlet-cloth.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 309 Others in Kedgways, or Wooden-Houses, one on each side of a Camel, tied like Panniers.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 394 Nor must they stir abroad unvailed, unless shut up in Cedge~waies, and then well attended.
a1792 G. Forster Journ. Bengal to Eng. (1798) II. xiv. 93 The pannier, termed in the Persic, kidjahwah, is a wooden frame [etc.].
1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 160 His left leg was heavily chained to a Kajáwah, or camel-saddle.
1894 R. Kipling Jungle Bk. 196 The men piled our kajawahs..outside the square.
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