PALANQUIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palanquin mean? 

• PALANQUIN (noun)
  The noun PALANQUIN has 1 sense:

1. a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers

  Familiarity information: PALANQUIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALANQUIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

palankeen; palanquin

Hypernyms ("palanquin" is a kind of...):

litter (conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers)

 Context examples 

"Perhaps," said Willoughby, "his observations may have extended to the existence of nabobs, gold mohrs, and palanquins."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)