- a variation of ghat.
ghaut
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of ghaut
C17 gaot, a mountain pass, from Hindi: ghat
Example Sentences
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The vessels used to be moored at the ghaut at the bottom of Hare Street, as there were no jetties in those days.
From Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century by Montague Massey
Tantia Topee's dispositions for the perpetration of the treachery could not now succeed, for the Ganges has changed its course and there is deep water close in shore at the ghaut.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Archibald Forbes
At the top of this ghaut we left five companies of native infantry to protect our baggage, that must necessarily follow through this pass.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by John Shipp
In the course of a couple of hours, the whole of the 87th regiment, with our gallant general and suite, ascended this difficult ghaut.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by John Shipp
Something was then removed; he seemed satisfied, as before; and he in time ascended that stupendous ghaut.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by John Shipp
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