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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A passenger-boat used on the Ganges and Hoogly, having an awning of matting over the stern. It is propelled with four oars and steered with a fifth.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Naut.) A Bengalese four-oared boat for passengers.

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  • noun A Bengalese four-oared passenger boat.

Etymologies

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Hindi

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