Definition of Howdeh
How"dah (?), n. [Ar. hawdaj.]
A seat or pavilion, generally covered, fastened on the back of
an elephant, for the rider or riders. [Written also
houdah.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant.
*1972: I shot a couple (...) Only from the safety of a howdah, of course. — Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain
*1993: I felt the corporeal elephant on whose back my world was supported amble effortlessly along, rather than it being necessary for me to lean out from the howdah of my head and goad him. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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