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keddah

British  
/ ˈkɛdə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of kheda

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Huzoor, the keddah sahib has his name in our land, the Land of the Five Rivers.

From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.

Sanderson once had a narrow escape from death while on the back of a tame elephant inside a keddah, attempting to secure a wild female.

From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by Hornaday, William Temple

There takes place in the keddah, or pen of capture, a mighty struggle between the giant strength of the captive and the ingenuity of man, ably seconded by a few powerful tame elephants.

From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by Hornaday, William Temple

Then the animals began a wild descent squarely toward the mouth of the keddah.

From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Various

They knew nothing of its whereabouts; all denied that they had seen the keddah sahib put it in the box.

From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.