Meaning of palkee | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of palki (“an Indian litter, a palanquin”).

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“These palkees, which, to an inexperienced person, offer, even when empty, a hopeless weight, are conveyed by them, with a heavy passenger within, at the rate of twenty or thirty miles a day”

“At three o'clock the next morning we began the ascent of the Ghauts in palanquins, or, as they are commonly called, palkees, with coolies to transport our baggage and provisions.”

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