‖ palkee, palki East Ind.
(ˈpɑːlkiː)
Also 7 pallakee, palleki(e.
[Hindī † pālakī, pālkī palankeen, litter.]
= palankeen.
| 1678 J. Phillips tr. Tavernier's Voy. ii. ii. 175 The Princesses are carried in Palleki's. 1771 J. R. Forster Toreen's Voy. Suratte in tr. Osbeck's Voy. etc. II. 201 The greater nobility are carried in a palekee, which looks very like a hammock fastened to a crooked pole. 1828 Asiatic Costumes 67 (Stanf.) The doolies..are, like the palkee, borne only by two men. 1896 A. Forbes Camps, Quarters &c. 266 The ladies travelled in palanquins, or palkis, as they are more familiarly called. |
b. attrib. and Comb., as palkee-bearer; palkee dāk: see dāk; palkee gharry (gharee) [Hindī pālki-gāṛī, f. gāṛī carriage]: ‘a carriage shaped somewhat like a palankin on wheels’ (Yule).
| 1859 Lang Wand. India 121, I was stopped by a set of twelve palkee bearers. 1872 E. Braddon Life in India iv. 121 The weak-springed..box upon wheels (called a palkee gharee) of India generally. 1878 Life in the Mofussil I. 38 (Y.) The Governor-General's carriage..may be jostled by the hired ‘palki-gharry’, with its two wretched ponies. 1882 Mrs. Cupples Mem. Mrs. Valentine ii. 24 The journey at that time was performed by means of the palki-dâk. |