mancheel
mancheel noun: a covered hammock litter developed in southwest India.
Noun
mancheel (plural mancheels)
- A covered hammock litter developed in southwest India.
- A Muncheel is a kind of litter, resembling a sea-cot, or hammock, hung to a long pole, with a moveable covering over the whole, to keep off the sun or rain. Six men will run with one from one end of the Malabar coast to the other, while twelve are necessary for the lightest palanquin.1830, James Welsh, Military Reminiscences, volume II, page 142
- The muncheel or manjeel..., also written munsheel and munchil, from the Malayālam manjīl, manjāl, mañchīl, mañchāl and Sanskrit maṇcha, is the name given to a kind of hammock-litter used on the south-west coast of India... It is shaded by a cover, which in some cases is held up by a frame of bent...2002, Norman Mosley Penzer, Poison Damsels, page 231
Forms of mancheel
| plural | mancheels |
|---|---|
| alternative form | manjeel |
| alternative form | muncheel |
| alternative form | munchil |
| alternative form | munsheel |
| alternative form | monchil |
Origin of mancheel
From Malayalam, from Sanskrit or from Classical Persian مَنْزِل (manzil), from Arabic مَنْزِل (manzil, “house; inn; stage of a journey, day's travel”).
Questions about mancheel
- What does mancheel mean?
- Mancheel means a covered hammock litter developed in southwest India.
- What part of speech is mancheel?
- Mancheel is a noun.
- What is the plural of mancheel?
- The plural of mancheel is mancheels.
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