Definition of "houdah" [hou•dah]

• Variant of howdah. (noun)

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• "Thinking then of the fair Egyptian, insensibly his gait became slower, and at length fell into the merest loiter, until finally he could discern a curtained houdah, and two persons seated within it."
• "From the houdah the slave brought her a crystal goblet; then she said to Ben-Hur -"
• "Presently, raising the curtain of the houdah, she spoke to Ben-Hur, who sat his horse near by."