‖ pitarah E. Ind.
(pɪˈtɑːrə)
Also pattara, petara(h, pettarah, pittarah.
[Hind. piṭārāh, peṭārāh.]
A basket or box used in travelling by palankeen to carry the traveller's clothes. (Yule and Burnell.)
| 1828 Asiat. Costumes 61 Two pair of pattara baskets. 1845 Sir H. B. Edwardes in Mem. (1886) I. 33 You may take an inventory of his load without opening the pitârahs. 1853 W. D. Arnold Oakfield I. xi. 223 To send to the dák bungalow for his petarahs. 1855 Thackeray Newcomes lxxi, The plain things..may be packed in a petara or two. |