machan
/ (məˈtʃɑːn) /
(in India) a raised platform used in tiger hunting
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How to use machan in a sentence
It will carry two thousand picos of brass bracelets, which cost five taes six maçes, and seven taes per pico delivered in machan.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 | Emma Helen BlairIt is sold among the Portuguese at machan for seven or eight taes, according to its quality.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 | Emma Helen BlairThe Portuguese pay anchorage at machan according to the beam and length of their ships, and whether they enter light or laden.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 | Emma Helen BlairThen the two men settled back on the springy, woven floor of the machan to a wait in the mysterious night of a tropical jungle.
The Three Sapphires | W. A. FraserNobody shoots over it, so that entices the animals; but Prince Ananda has a roomy machan there with an electric light in it.
The Three Sapphires | W. A. Fraser
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