- a variation of ghat.
ghaut
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of ghaut
C17 gaot, a mountain pass, from Hindi: ghat
Example Sentences
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These were signals of alarm, and we could not expect anything less than a desperate effort to drive us down the ghaut again; for the prevention of which every possible preparation was promptly made.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John
What a contrast between the turmoil and devilry of it and the serene calmness of the all but solitude the ghaut now presents!
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald
On the Manikarnika ghaut the Hindoos burn their dead.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
The distance from the intrenchment to the ghaut is barely a mile.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald
The whole of this distance the country was one general flat, and we did not find any descent till we got near Callenger, where the ghaut is nearly as high.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John
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