jhula India.
(ˈdʒuːla)
Also joolah.
[Hind., Hindi jhūlā swing, swing-rope.]
A simple suspension bridge used in the Himalayas.
| 1830 A. S. H. Mountain Mem. & Lett. (1857) 114 Our chief object in descending to the Sutlej was to swing on a Joolah bridge. 1844 J. C. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 458 The rustic bridge is supplanted..by jhulas, formed by ropes stretched across, constituting a species of loose parapet. 1923 Blackw. Mag. Aug. 259//2 A jhula or swinging rope-bridge. |