Palanquin (noun)
pa-lan-keen
(in India and the East) a covered seat for one passenger, consisting of a large box carried on two horizontal poles by four or six bearers.
Late 16th century from Portuguese palanquim, from Oriya pālaṅki, based on Sanskrit palyanka ‘bed, couch’.
Example sentences
“The palanquin was carried by four robed men.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
