(in India, Myanmar, etc) an enclosure into which wild elephants are driven to be captured
Word origin
from Hindi
kheda in American English
(ˈkedə)
noun
(in India)
an enclosure constructed to ensnare wild elephants
Also: keddah, khedah
Word origin
[1790–1800; ‹ Hindi]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cannibalism, cutout, gelatin, infiltration, methodology