mahout's

Lal and Tej — don't forget their names … There, now, all is told — so lie down again, elephant, and await your mahout's pleasure … so-o … oh, gods!

Flashman and the Mountain of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

There, now, all is told - so lie down again, elephant, and await your mahout's pleasure ... so-o ... oh, gods!

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

But the oilman objected to the mahout's riding the elephant; no one was going to ride his bullock.

Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

The elephant knelt and Leonie stepped on to the marble pavement, placing her hand for one instant upon the _mahout's_ arm to steady herself.

Leonie of the Jungle Joan Conquest

It reminds me for all the world of a huge docile elephant being bossed about by the mahout's infant family.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 31, 1917 Various

But there was one man that the elephant disliked, and that was the mahout's nephew, one Piroo, who was a young elephant-driver seeking

Adventures in Many Lands Various

At last they reached a clearing in the forest where stood the _mahout's_ huts and a tall, wooden building, the

The Jungle Girl Gordon Casserly

Now there was to be a marriage among some of the mahout's friends who lived in a village a day's journey from the station, across the river, and he promised that Alec, Tippoo, and his nephew were to accompany him.

Adventures in Many Lands Various

Something docile is in their might, like the answering of the elephant's bulk to the mahout's command, in their noiseless elevation and depression, and the bigger they are the smoother appears their recoil as they settle back into place ready for another shot.

My Second Year of the War Frederick Palmer 1915

The Mahatma had been whispering in the mahout's ear, and as his eye met mine I laughed.

Caves of Terror Talbot Mundy 1909