palanquin

Example Sentences

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At the center of that room, you have this palanquin in silver, which was made in Seville, Spain.

From New York Times

Perveen has misgivings about other things, such as riding a palanquin, the only way to reach the palace.

From Seattle Times

On Sunday, in temperatures forecast to approach 100 degrees, soldiers were to carry the king in a palanquin along a nearly four-mile route to a series of Buddhist temples.

From Los Angeles Times

Visitors are greeted by life-size elephant mannequins, massive thrones, canopies, tents, palanquins, swings and swords that impress by their sheer weightiness.

From Seattle Times

The palanquin and queen is actually not a coffin, it was custom-made for an art gallery in Philadelphia in the US.

From BBC