单词 | muncheel |
释义 | † muncheeln. Anglo-Indian. Obsolete. A kind of litter resembling a hammock, used on the south-western coast of India. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [noun] > litter litterc1330 saumbury1393 cabin1587 palanquin1588 norimon1616 dooliec1625 sedan1646 pavilion1656 takhtrawan1671 go-cart1676 palki1678 portantina1758 muncheel1807 machila1833 kago1857 dandy1870 1807 J. Mackintosh Jrnl. 28 Oct. in R. J. Mackintosh Life (1835) I. vii. 355 I..lay in a monchil, or covered hammock, carried by a pole on men's heads, used by the Portuguese. 1808 in C. Buchanan Christian Res. (1819) 171 We proceed thither in our Manjeels. 1851 R. Burton Goa 34 This is called a muncheel, and a most lugubrious-looking thing it is. 1885 G. S. Forbes Wild Life in Canara 7 I..travelled by land in a munchil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1807 |
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