jampan

British  

/ ˈdʒæmˌpæn /

noun

1. a type of sedan chair used in India

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Etymology

Origin of jampan

C19: from Bengali jhāmpān

Example Sentences

"My jampan went over the side, down the precipice," said Elma, "and I am afraid those poor jampannis must have been killed."

From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)

"Didn't you ever feel nervous at first," Elma asked, "when you went out in a jampan on a dark night down a very steep road?"

From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)

Very slowly and laboriously they clambered back again to the road above; there was no sign of the jampannis, and the jampan itself had gone over the kudd and was no more to be seen.

From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)

They stopped the jampan and appealed to her, but she could not understand a word they said.

From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)

Elma's startled scream unnerved the other runners, who swerved and stumbled, and in a moment the jampan was overturned down the side of the kudd.

From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)