keddahn.
/ˈkeɪdə//ˈkɛdə/ An enclosure used in Bengal, Assam, etc., for the capture of wild elephants; corresponding to the corral of Sri Lanka.
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1799 J. Corse in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 89 38 She was driven by Mr. Leeke's elephant hunters into a keddah.
1827 D. Johnson Sketches Indian Field Sports (ed. 2) 55 Elephants are numerous,..The principal Keddah for catching them is in the district of Tipperah.
1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah I. 80 I remember, when kheddahs were started in Burmah, nearly a hundred elephants had been driven into an inclosure.
1889 Daily News 27 Nov. 5/4 A kheda..has been formed in the jungle near an elephant cover.
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