(India, chiefly, _, historical) An enclosed human-borne litter or sedan chair, a large box with a chair, couch, or bed raised on horizontal poles and used as a mode of transport.
(India, chiefly, _, historical) An enclosed human-borne litter or sedan chair, a large box with a chair, couch, or bed raised on horizontal poles and used as a mode of transport.
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(India) A carriage or cart considered similar-looking to a palanquin, particularly (historical) those instituted for regular service between major towns in British India in the 1840s.
(India, chiefly, _, historical) A palanquin with open sides.
(India, historical) A kind of large palanquin.
A historical Anglo-Indian term for a large palanquin — an enclosed litter carried by bearers and used to transport passengers, particularly women of high status or rank in Mughal-era India. The chundole was a grander, more enclosed version of the ordinary palanquin.
(loosely) , any similar vehicle open or closed, human or animal-borne, particularly (historical) in colonial Asian contexts.