gharry

gharry
/gar"ee/, n., pl. gharries.
a horse-drawn cab or carriage used in India and Egypt.
Also, gharri.
[1800-10; < Hindi gari]

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  • Gharry — A gharry or gharri is a horse drawn cab used especially in India. A palkee gharry is shaped somewhat like a palanquin. A gharry driver is a gharry wallah …   Wikipedia

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  • gharry — noun (plural gharries) Etymology: Hindi & Urdu gāṛī Date: 1810 a horse drawn cab used especially in India and Egypt …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • gharry — noun a) A wheeled cart or carriage (usually horsedrawn). b) South African military slang: a jeep or small truck for conveying troops …   Wiktionary

  • gharry — box like Middle Eastern horse drawn cab Carriages and Chariots …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • gharry — n. carriage that is pulled by horse and used mainly in India and Egypt …   English contemporary dictionary

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