burning-ghat en · NOUN
Meanings
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(India) A flat area near the top of a river ghat where Hindus burn their dead; a funeral pyre.
Now, whether I have done thee a wrong in keeping thee from the burning-ghât, do thou and the crows settle together.
1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 415:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| burning-ghats | Number=Plur | lexicographic |