How To Use Howdah In A Sentence
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Davichand nodded a dismissal to Chet, put on his dark glasses, and began to climb up into the howdah.
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And so the procession started, and for a while discomfort set acutely in, for the movement of a howdah is short and jerky, and it takes some time both to adjust oneself to it and to lose the feeling that the elephant sooner or later -- and probably sooner -- must trip and fall.
Roving East and Roving West
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A few hours before the onset of what is supposed to be a "multi-day" and "life-threatening" blizzard, over one hundred Chicagoans gathered to sample Chicago's best seafood chowders at the Columbia Yacht Club's Chowdah Fest.
Caroline O'Donovan: At the Chowdah Fest
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In front of the howdah on the beast's skull sat a mahout, feet tucked up behind the animal's flapping ears.
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The howdah was a wooden structure with a gold and gilt roof, four pillars, a broad seat strewn with comfortable cushions and bolsters, thin muslin curtains enfolding the whole.
Shadow Princess
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In front of the howdah on the beast's skull sat a mahout, feet tucked up behind the animal's flapping ears.
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Due to space constraints, the museum here has had to make do with its own intricately carved gilded silver howdah and an even more impressive 15-foot-long coach of 1815 made entirely of silver.
Conspicuous Consumption
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The umpire of the game oversees the play from a wooden howdah (bench type seat) on the back of the largest elephant.
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Riding a six-tusked elephant on a howdah of lotus flowers, the huge tenth-century statue of Bodhisattva Puxian stands in its own hall and is among the most revered shrines on Emei.
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To have called the pub the Elephant and Howdah would have consternated the denizens of the district.
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The African elephant may be domesticated and trained to the "howdah," or castle, as easily as his Indian cousin.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family
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Our little lord, perched imperiously in his howdah, was gradually succumbing to the chill wind out of the south.
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Ms. de Guitaut says that the third rose-cut diamond on the howdah blanket moves sideways to reveal the keyhole where it is wound up.
A Palace's Small Treasures
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The "howdah" elephants would all be sent on to the appointed rendezvous, the entire party going out to meet them on "pad" elephants.
Here, There and Everywhere
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Ms. de Guitaut says that the third rose-cut diamond on the howdah blanket moves sideways to reveal the keyhole where it is wound up.
A Palace's Small Treasures
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Each elephant supported a richly caparisoned howdah on its back, with gilded sides and red plush seats.
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We saw tigers, too, as close as you like from the swaying perch of the howdah on the back of the elephants.
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In the 1970s, the government stepped in to conduct the procession with the idol of the Goddess placed on the golden howdah.
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The horses, with three elephants, two with howdahs on their backs, and the other loaded with a large tent, were now paraded before the door; each horse was attended by his syce, or groom, who never quitted him, but fanned away the flies with a chowry, or whisk, formed of a horse's tail.
The King's Own
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In the early evening I would surf-cast on the sandy flats and inlets for striped bass, cod, or flounder or dig for clams quahogs were my favorite, then cook the catch of the day—sometimes stuffed clams, sometimes what the locals called “chowdah.”
Healed by Horses
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In Jodhpur, the finely restored Meherangarh Fort offers a fascinating glimpse into the old Maharajas' lifestyles, with decorative elephant howdahs and family cradles on display.
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At the howdah's rear, Sir Roger pounded a drumskin and shouted his unheard orders.
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The Fort is a treasure house of priceless relics - miniatures, paintings, howdahs, palanquins and arms - all displayed with an astute eye for aesthetics and history.
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Better yet, you see most of it on foot (heavily restricted elsewhere in India) or on elephant-back, perched atop a cushioned howdah.
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Its scarlet howdah was empty; its trappings were scarlet; the mahout was a Shan.
AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA
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Princess Jahanara Begam journeyed in an open howdah set atop an imperial elephant.
Shadow Princess
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The howdah, or seat which the Prince occupied, was of silver, embossed and gilt, having behind a place for a confidential servant, who waved the great chowry, or cow-tail, to keep off the flies; but who could also occasionally perform the task of spokesman, being well versed in all terms of flattery and compliment.
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