charpoy

[ chahr-poi ]

/ ˈtʃɑrˈpɔɪ /

a light bedstead used in India, consisting of a web of rope or tape netting.

Also char·pai

[chahr-pahy] /ˈtʃɑrˈpaɪ/.

Origin of charpoy

1835–45; < Urdu chārpāi < Persian, equivalent to ch(ah)ār four + pāy foot

He said he had seen a man take a charpoy—a bedstead—balance it on one leg on the tip of his tongue, and then dance!

At the Court of the Amr |John Alfred Gray
Dick attended man after man with his assistants till they came to the last, who was lying on a charpoy with his face averted.

Draw Swords! |George Manville Fenn
He started up on the charpoy, every nerve tense as stretched wire.

The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories |Ethel M. Dell
They pulled out a charpoy from one of the tents for me to sit on, and tea was brought—why, I dont know.

At the Court of the Amr |John Alfred Gray

He pulled a charpoy to the door, and sat down upon it, as much outside as within.

In Clive's Command |Herbert Strang

charpoy

/ (ˈtʃɑːpɔɪ) /

a bedstead of woven webbing or hemp stretched on a wooden frame on four legs, common in India

C19: from Urdu cārpāī