shikars
shikars is the plural of shikar.
shikars is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shikar.
Meaning of shikar
Noun
shikar (countable and uncountable, plural shikars)
- Hunting, sport; a hunting expedition.
- Where other men took ten days to the Hills, Strickland took leave for what he called shikar, put on the disguise that appealed to him at the time, stepped down into the brown crowd, and was swallowed up for a while.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Miss Youghal's Sais”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2007, page 25
- A hunt.
- With us we had fifteen of the keenest and most cheerful hillman I have ever been associated with on a shikar.1954, Jim Corbett, The Temple Tiger and More Man-eaters of Kumaon, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1988, page 1
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