khudn.
/kʌd/, , Indian English /khʊɖ/ East India.
a. A deep ravine or chasm; a precipitous cleft or descent in a hillside.
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1837 T. Bacon First Impressions Hindostan II. 146 To look over the edge of the narrow footpath into the Khud.
1870 Good Words Feb. 133/2 The depth of the khuds is very great, and the slope so rapid that you can scarcely find footing when once off the beaten road.
1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties (1899) 87 Death..drops the reckless rider down The rotten rain-soaked khud.
1925 Dollar Mag. Mar. 35 Our bungalow is situated on a little knoll with steep khads on three sides down to the river about 150 feet below.
1961 L. D. Stamp Gloss. Geogr. Terms 279/2 Khad, a torrent in the hills.
b. attributive, as khud-climbing, khud-side, khud-stick.
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1896 S. J. Duncan His Honor & a Lady xix. 244 The tin roofs of the cottages down the khud-side.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 13 Aug. 7/1 Killed..in India while khud-climbing.
1925 A. G. Arbuthnot in G. Burrard Big Game Hunting 118 Take your telescope, rest it on a rock or on your ‘khud stick’.
1928 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 25/2 He jabbed his khudstick into the ground.
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