serai

The strongest point was an old serai at their left centre, where they had four guns; nine other guns lay between this and the bridge.

From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang

Swinging his horse around, he rode straight at serai and battery.

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Louis Tracy

Palace and mosque and garden and serai, Bazaars and baths and spacious pleasure grounds, By favor of Allah to perfection sprang.

From Later Poems by Bliss Carman

He took his wares back to the serai, and then set off to the Calcutta gate to see what might be seen.

From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang

Similarly for the repairs of serais a sum of rupees 100 per annum for each serai will be given.

From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger

"Je serais jamais t'oublier," ran the frightful answers!

From Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance by Richard Le Gallienne

"Je serais chez moi," was now her argument, and for food she could continue to work or beg.

From Our House And London out of Our Windows by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

Massive archways, ruined forts and serais, placid water-tanks, lovely gardens, feathery toddy-palms, plantain-hedges, and throngs of picturesque people make the approach to historic Delhi a scene long to be remembered.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens

The only works we can find constructed by him, with a view to the advancement of the interests of his subjects, were the merchants' serais, built in each city, and these were self-supporting.

From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger

He had asked for the Afghan serais merely to avoid them; his imposture might be discovered if he came among genuine merchants.

From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang