(India, now, historical) A Bengalese four-oared passenger boat.
(India, now, historical) A Bengalese four-oared passenger boat.
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(watercraft) A boat propelled by a paddle wheel.
(historical, India) A large boat for transporting produce.
(India, obsolete) A kind of light accommodation boat with a cabin, in use on the Bengal rivers.
(nautical) A sailing vessel resembling a grab, formerly used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
(loosely) , any similar vehicle open or closed, human or animal-borne, particularly (historical) in colonial Asian contexts.