Palanquin

[Sarah]

An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long,four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men bymeans of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for theconveyance of a single person from place to place. [Written alsopalankeen.]

[Tanya Shivari]

(in India and the East) a covered litter for one passenger, consisting of a large box carried on two horizontal poles by four or six bearers.