machan

/ (məˈtʃɑːn) /

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noun

(in India) a raised platform used in tiger hunting

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Word Origin for machan

C19: from Hindi

Words nearby machan

Machado de Assiz, Machado y Morales, Machado y Ruiz, machair, Machala, machan, Machaon, Machaut, Mach bands, mache, Machel

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How to use machan in a sentence

It will carry two thousand picos of brass bracelets, which cost five taes six maçes, and seven taes per pico delivered in Machan.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898|Emma Helen Blair
It is sold among the Portuguese at Machan for seven or eight taes, according to its quality.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898|Emma Helen Blair
The Portuguese pay anchorage at Machan according to the beam and length of their ships, and whether they enter light or laden.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898|Emma Helen Blair
Then the two men settled back on the springy, woven floor of the machan to a wait in the mysterious night of a tropical jungle.
The Three Sapphires|W. A. Fraser

Nobody shoots over it, so that entices the animals; but Prince Ananda has a roomy machan there with an electric light in it.
The Three Sapphires|W. A. Fraser