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mancheels

mancheels is the plural of mancheel.

Meaning of mancheel

Noun

mancheel (plural mancheels)

  1. (India, historical) 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

Questions about mancheels

What is mancheels the plural of?
Mancheels is the plural of mancheel.

Words near mancheels in the dictionary

  1. mancha
  2. Manchas
  3. Manchaug
  4. manche
  5. mancheel
  6. mancheels
  7. Manchegan
  8. Manchegans
  9. manchego
  10. manchegos
  11. Mancherial

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