charpoy
[chahr-poi]
- a light bedstead used in India, consisting of a web of rope or tape netting.
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Also char·pai [chahr-pahy] /ˈtʃɑrˈpaɪ/.
Origin of charpoy
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During the fast they brought a man to me one evening on a charpoy.
At the Court of the AmrJohn Alfred Gray
They did not carry me out, but the Armenian brought me a charpoy, also burning hot.
At the Court of the AmrJohn Alfred Gray
There was a possibility that he might then raise himself above the charpoy and be seen.
Barclay of the GuidesHerbert Strang
He lay propped on a charpoy in a nest of squab blue cushions.
Where the Pavement EndsJohn Russell
But writhe as he liked, his darting glances always painfully returned to the still victim on the charpoy.
Where the Pavement EndsJohn Russell
charpoy
charpai (ˈtʃɑːpaɪ)
- a bedstead of woven webbing or hemp stretched on a wooden frame on four legs, common in India
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Word Origin
C19: from Urdu cārpāī
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