machan
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of machan
C19: from Hindi
Example Sentences
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The heroes could barely descend from the machan, so stiff and aching were their bones.
From Bengal Dacoits and Tigers by Sunity Devee
Then the two men settled back on the springy, woven floor of the machan to a wait in the mysterious night of a tropical jungle.
From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser
"Who comes to the pool, Rada—for there is the machan?"
From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser
This machan was about twelve feet high and was composed of four poles stuck into the ground and inclined towards each other at the top, where a plank was lashed to serve as a seat.
From The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures by Frederick Courteney Selous
Philip Alexander Maseden, aged sixteen, neither knew nor cared what a machan was.
From His Unknown Wife by Louis Tracy
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