serai

Meanwhile, so tremendous was the fire of the troops in the main enclosure, that the attack upon the serai was hardly noticed.

In a serai outside the town there were eight large handsome animals.

They found us a room over the gateway of the serai, lit a blazing wood fire, and we stayed there till the next day.

Serai, se-r′i, n. a khan, a caravansary: a seraglio for women.