choola
(ˈtʃuːla)
Also choolah, chula.
[Hind. ch{uacu}lhá, ch{uacu}lh{iacu} fireplace (Skr. chulli).]
An Indian fireplace or cooking-place.
| 1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. III. 120 A marble corridore filled up with Choolas, or cooking-places, composed of mud, cow-dung, and unburnt bricks. 1864 J. A. Grant Walk across Africa 51, I observed a portable Indian ‘choolah’ or fireplace inside the hut. 1929 F. L. Brayne Remaking Village India 221 The chūla has been designed to burn soft coke, as a substitute for dung-cakes. 1945 ― Better Villages (ed. 3) 50 The ordinary chula (grate) besides wasting most of the heat of the fire, only holds one pot. |