E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Howdah.
A canopy, or seat fixed on the back of an elephant.
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“Leading the array, three stately elephants marched, bearing the Woons in gilded howdahs under gold umbrellas.”—J. W. Palmer: Up and Down the Irrawaddi, chap. xx. p. 169.
