▪ I. ‖ kang
(kæŋ)
Also k'ang, khang.
[Chinese.]
A kind of stove for warming rooms used by the Chinese; also, a brick or wooden erection for sleeping upon, warmed by a fire placed underneath.
| 1770 Acc. of the Kang in Phil. Trans. LXI. 62 The parts of a Kang are, 1. a furnace; 2. a pipe for the heat [etc.]. 1870 Mem. W. C. Burns 514 Mr. Burns's room with its two chairs, table and khang. 1892 T. M. Morris Winter N. China 111 The ground floor was occupied by a k'ang about fourteen feet by six feet. |
▪ II. kang
variant of cang n. and a., cangue.