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# howdah

«howdah» in Mova's school dictionary: **a seat with a roof, fixed on the back of an elephant, for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (howdahs)

### meaning for a pupil

A howdah is a seat with a roof, fixed on the back of an elephant, for riders to sit in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/howdah/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales the King rides in a howdah on his elephant, high above his people

### examples

- The Queen sat in a golden howdah on the elephant's back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/howdah/#x1)
- The guards climbed up to the howdah. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/howdah/#x2)
- From his howdah the King could see the whole crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/howdah/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «howdah» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/howdah/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.