Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A surf-boat in use at Bombay and along the Malabar coast. Also called bunder-boat.
- n. The common rhesus or other East Indian monkey.
- n. A term used in the East for a canard.
Wiktionary
- n. a type of surfboat used in India
- n. a unit of measurement for land area used in the Low Countries
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A boat or raft used in the East Indies in the landing of passengers and goods.
Examples
“His mother came home from the bunder (fish drying fields) and found him sobbing.”
“My Palva bunder (Gateway of India) where I went for evening walks when I was little was battle ground.”
“My parents still live in colaba and have used the army clubSanik rst at 20 pilot bunder road afgan church on many occasions.”
“And not when he makes the bunder of screaming “Somebody do something!””
“Parsis in their square caps; and a various assortment of habitues of the shore -- crimps, landsharks, badmashes {bad characters}, bunder {port} gangs.”
“He was the sole survivor of the crew of some dhow or bunder-boat, they said.”
“The total amount of surface gained to the agriculture of the Netherlands by diking out the sea and by draining shallow bays and lakes, is estimated by Staring at three hundred and fifty-five thousand bunder or hectares, equal to eight hundred and seventy-seven thousand two hundred and forty acres, which is one-tenth of the area of the kingdom.”
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 04 (historical)
“To get rid of this Babel confusion of tongues as soon as possible, we took refuge in the first bunder boat and made for the shore.”
“They soon arrived at the Victoria Hotel; and the khidmutgars, carrying the light baggage, were not behind them, though they had run all the way from the bunder.”
“It was dark before I left camp; and as I was detained a considerable time at the bunder or landing-place, waiting for a boat to take me off to the steamer, it was late in the night when I got on board.”
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852
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