ghaut
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of ghaut
C17 gaot, a mountain pass, from Hindi: ghat
Example Sentences
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In an hour and a half after this, we reached and crossed the river Scend, about two miles from the top of the ghaut.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John
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)
The ghaut was high and difficult, being nothing more than a mass of loose stones, by which many of the poor horses broke their knees in getting up.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John
In one of the stories by the present writer, a man is described tottering "up the steps of the ghaut," having just parted with his child, whom he is despatching to England from India.
From Roundabout Papers by Thackeray, William Makepeace
The little temple on the water's edge by the ghaut is slowly mouldering into decay; on the plaster of the coping of its river wall you may still see the marks of the treacherous bullets.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald
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