houdah

[ hou-duh ]

/ ˈhaʊ də /

howdah.

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howdah

[ hou-duh ]

/ ˈhaʊ də /

(in the East Indies) a seat or platform for one or more persons, commonly with a railing and a canopy, placed on the back of an elephant.

1765–75; < Hindi haudah < Arabic hawdaj

Howdah, Houdah, how′da, n. a seat fixed on an elephant's back.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) |Various
A man standing up on the houdah of an elephant may pass under it without touching the foliage.

Flowers and Flower-Gardens |David Lester Richardson

houdah

/ (ˈhaʊdə) /

a variant spelling of howdah

howdah

/ (ˈhaʊdə) /

a seat for riding on an elephant's back, esp one with a canopy

C18: from Hindi haudah, from Arabic haudaj load carried by elephant or camel