pucka

/ ˈpʌkə /

adjective

To make pucka-wells, or wells lined with burnt bricks and cement, would be costly.

The stock required in Oude in irrigated lands is about twenty rupees the pucka-beega.

There are two and half or three kutcha beegahs in a pucka beegah; and a pucka beegah is from 2750 to 2760 square yards.

Seikh troops in large numbers are cantoned round to the east and south-east skirts of the town, in low pucka barracks.

Roopur is a largish town, with a Seikh pucka fort on a mound.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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