单词 | pakhal |
释义 | pakhaln. South Asian. A container for carrying or keeping water, esp. while travelling; spec. a leather water-skin. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > leather > for water waterskinOE mussuck1610 waterskin1752 pakhali1781 girba1790 pakhal1842 chagal1909 1842 G. Arthur Let. 27 Oct. in Ld. Ellenborough Hist. Indian Admin. (1874) 219 The possibility of conveying empty ‘puckalls’ and ‘mussucks’ by sea to Suez. 1892 W. Wickham Mil. Transport India xv. 147 The leather packháls or water bags should..be dubbed before use. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 464/1 A couple of mules laden with metal pakhals of water. 1925 B. Beetham in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 367 It is suggested that a future expedition take a couple of pakhals or collapsible chaghals. 1997 Hindu 11 May (Mag.) p. v/4 We also had our drinking water brought from there,..carried in typical army pakhals (portable mule tanks). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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