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panchway

panchway noun: a Bengalese four-oared passenger boat.

Noun

panchway (plural panchways)

  1. (India, historical) A Bengalese four-oared passenger boat.
    • [A] Bengal boat called a paunceway came alongside, which Colonel Watson engaged to convey him to Calcutta.1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 205
    • With a gesture of acknowledgement, Parimal retreated down the ladder and soon afterwards, a slim paunchway pulled away from the Raskhali budgerow to nudge up alongside the Ibis.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 42

Forms of panchway

pluralpanchways
alternative formpanshway
alternative formpaunceway
alternative formpaunchway
alternative formpaunsway

Origin of panchway

From Bengali পানসি (panośi, “pinnace”), from English pinnace.

Questions about panchway

What does panchway mean?
Panchway means a Bengalese four-oared passenger boat.
What part of speech is panchway?
Panchway is a noun.
What is the plural of panchway?
The plural of panchway is panchways.

Words near panchway in the dictionary

  1. panchromatized
  2. panchromatizes
  3. panchromatizing
  4. panchromium
  5. panchronic
  6. panchway
  7. panchways
  8. pancies
  9. pancit
  10. pancit canton
  11. pancit mami

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