The "howdah" elephants would all be sent on to the appointed rendezvous, the entire party going out to meet them on "pad" elephants. From Wordnik.com. [Here, There and Everywhere] Reference
Deryn cried, running to the port side of the howdah. From Wordnik.com. [Behemoth] Reference
But she landed softly—the howdah pilot had set her down. From Wordnik.com. [Behemoth] Reference
Malone strutted across the howdah with a comically high step. From Wordnik.com. [Behemoth] Reference
The howdah was coming round, and our steed was eleven feet high!. From Wordnik.com. [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference
Igor saddulz deh lead elolofent wif a howdah adn klimez on bored. From Wordnik.com. [Yes I tried unplugging it - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
“How do I get down to the saddles?” she asked the howdah pilot. From Wordnik.com. [Behemoth] Reference
Oh brothers! the Raja sat in a covered howdah bound on an elephant!. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
He saw that the man wished him to drop from the howdah and leave the elephant. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Haydon's Quest] Reference
Deryn stepped to the front of the howdah and shielded her eyes against the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Behemoth] Reference
Claws caught within the steel links of her chain mail and yanked her from the howdah. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Malay and two other men bounded into the howdah, and flung themselves on the prisoner. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Haydon's Quest] Reference
There was the lady's camel, with a howdah on its back hung with curtains of damask and gold. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
Their surprise was immense when they saw a white sahib in the howdah on the elephant's back. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Haydon's Quest] Reference
Then they swung him into a sitting posture, and lashed his arms firmly to the back of the howdah. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Haydon's Quest] Reference
The "castle" has been replaced by a howdah, from which the soldiers use the modern weapons of war. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
As the walker plodded ahead, the streets grew busier, the buildings rising up as tall as the howdah. From Wordnik.com. [Behemoth] Reference
The tickbird was leaning against the side of his armored howdah, his feet firmly clamped to his perch. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of Felix Gunderson] Reference
The armor was so heavy that she could scarcely climb the folding ladder to the elephant's gleaming howdah. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
We had plenty of provisions, and there was no need to leave the tentlike interior of the makeshift howdah. From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
I a proud owner of a 75cal side by side flint lock howdah,It has a great effect to spirit an body………. From Wordnik.com. [Elephants] Reference
He held up a vividly enameled solid brass representation of Queen Victoria in a howdah atop an elephant's back. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the World to Come]
The howdah too, which was loosely slung upon the creature's back, only added to the naturally uncomfortable motion. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
I saw a tall black elephant carrying a huge open howdah with what appeared to be a birchbark canoe used as a canopy. From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
And from the armoured howdah it carried, long arrows trailing gaudy streamers sang out and skipped across the stones around us. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Noon]
Making her way around the edge of the howdah, Deryn saw that three of the pilots had been replaced by impostors in blue uniforms. From Wordnik.com. [Behemoth] Reference
He braced his feet against the side of the howdah, and propped himself firmly against a corner of the huge basket in which he rode. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Haydon's Quest] Reference
A silk ladder of innumerable rungs climbs to his bobbing howdah. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
The howdah - a decorated carriage fitted atop the animal's back - was constructed out of wood. From Wordnik.com. [Spokesman.com: Latest stories] Reference
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