(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.
1588, Thomas Hickok translating Cesare Federici as [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A00611.0001.001/1:5.11?rgn=div2;view=fulltext The Voyage and Trauaile of M. Caesar Frederick, Merchant of Venice into the East India, the Indies, and b…
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(loosely) , any similar vehicle open or closed, human or animal-borne, particularly (historical) in colonial Asian contexts.
: At the end of two moneths I determined to go for Goa in the companye of two other Portingale Merchants, which were making readye to depart, with two Palanchines or little Litters, which are very commodious for the waye, with eight Falc…
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