howdah , also: houdah

His careful study was given, first, to the howdah itself.

The last members of the foreign party had arrived and were approaching their howdah.

John Carter leaped out of the howdah onto the ground.

From that moment until they climbed into the howdah, the girl had not stopped weeping.

Then, suddenly, the branch of a tree caught the howdah in the middle and swept it clear.

That, at least, describes the howdah of the first beast I noted closely.

The mahout came up to the howdah and lit a cigarette.

Not until the last ship disappeared into the rain did they summon their howdah.

The elephant bearing their howdah loomed up in the rain.

In each howdah were many extra spears and great quantities of arrows.

The horses were in full clothing and elephants had large howdahs from which four men fight on each side of them.

The howdah swayed violently, and the elephant went flat out.

Although the howdah was rocking violently, Carter clung to the window.

The howdah, with myself inside it, swung in mid- air like a caught balloon.

The Major urged his awkward horse to the elephant's side and looked up into the howdah.

"The elephants have been well cared for, and the howdahs which you constructed are quite to my satisfaction."

The three other maids followed in the last howdah.

King, alone, had twenty spears in his howdah and fully a hundred arrows.

At last he found something really fascinating laid on the front of a howdah half buried in the coins.

"Oh, I shall give them firm instructions to keep their own distance from the howdah.

Alternatively, modern uses may derive from later contacts with howdahs.

In Persia, a camel howdah used to be a common means of transport.

With the aid of these two steps the mahout climbed on its back and came to the howdah.

All the howdahs were open except one elaborate pavilion.

For obvious reasons, I stay away from the howdah."