gharry

[ gar-ee ]

/ ˈgær i /

a horse-drawn cab or carriage used in India and Egypt.

Origin of gharry

First recorded in 1800–10, gharry is from the Hindi word gāṛī

ghan, ghana, ghanaian, ghardaïa, gharial, gharry, ghast, ghastful, ghastly, ghat, ghats

She was just wondering whether she would take a gharri when a motor stopped at the curb and Peter got out.

Jan and Her Job |L. Allen Harker
She was so terrified that she did not dare to look out, but shut at once the windows of the gharri.

From Egypt to Japan |Henry M. Field
He sat back in the gharri smiling and perspiring, mopping his forehead from time to time.

The Great Airship. |F. S. Brereton
A minute later the two were seated in the gharri, which at once set out in pursuit of the one that Carl Reitberg had taken.

The Great Airship. |F. S. Brereton

The native carriage (or gharri, as it is called) is not a handsome equipage.

From Egypt to Japan |Henry M. Field

gharry

/ (ˈɡærɪ) /

(in India) a horse-drawn vehicle available for hire

C19: from Hindi gārī