howdah
Example Sentences
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Some continue up the side stairs to Lucy’s ornate howdah, which is perched atop the 65-foot-tall elephant and offers stunning views of the Atlantic Ocean and the Atlantic City skyline.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2020
Soon he was auctioning off land from the howdah perched atop Lucy, and the “world’s largest elephant” would go on to be visited by the likes of President Woodrow Wilson.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2015
Shielded by the howdah curtains sat King Monivong and others of the blood royal whose stern stomachs easily withstood the motion.
From Time Magazine Archive
He rode in a howdah on an elephant.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Banjara, anxious to see the finish of the beast that had slain his cow, worked his way along the grass patch, watching the bulbul and Finnerty's howdah, which just showed above the canes.
From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser
