- a variation of ghat.
ghaut
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of ghaut
C17 gaot, a mountain pass, from Hindi: ghat
Example Sentences
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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 Shipp, John
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
One ghaut which we were necessarily obliged to ascend was frightful even to look at.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John
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 Forbes, Archibald
Sir Charles Staveley arrived to-day with his force, which slept last night at a halting-place at the foot of the ghaut.
From March to Magdala by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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