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

In this way the Rolls was made practically as good for a parade as an elephant & howdah.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Of course, as it had been found at the howdah, it must belong to the girl—the Herr Boelke smoked cheroots—though the prince did not remember having seen it with her.

From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.