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

Britain's aristocratic Earl of Scarbrough and one of Red China's Vice Premiers, Ulanfu, who shared a howdah, smiled wanly at the cheering crowds as their huge beast heaved and rolled along the line of march.

From Time Magazine Archive

He rode in a howdah on an elephant.

From Time Magazine Archive

A tiger, as a rule, begins to move at the first sound of the beat; so I stood up in my howdah with my rifle cocked.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon