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Caravansary

Caravansary \Car`a*van"sa*ry\, n.; pl. Caravansaries. [F. caravans['e]rai, fr. Per. karw[=a]nsar[=a]["i]; karw[=a]n caravan + -sar[=a]["i] palace, large house, inn.] A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court. [Written also caravanserai and caravansera.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
caravansary

alternative spelling of caravanserai.

Wiktionary
caravansary

n. (alternative spelling of caravanserai English)

WordNet
caravansary

n. an inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans [syn: caravanserai, khan, caravan inn]

Usage examples of "caravansary".

Opposite to the centre of their position was a large caravansary, or native inn, with stone buildings attached.

Obtaining permission, he advanced with all speed to the caravansary, with some guns and infantry.

Clive, with several of his officers, was in a caravansary close to the Small Pagoda.

They replied with a volley of musketry into the caravansary, and another into the pagoda.

Clive, ordering his officers to do their best to rally the native troops in good order against the enemy, at once moved forward towards the caravansary, with two hundred English troops.

Thus in the depopulated caravansary the little band of connoisseurs jealously bide themselves during the heated season, enjoying to the uttermost the delights of mountain and seashore that art and skill have gathered and served to them.

After mournfully announcing that the final price had ruined him, the merchant gave Ross cheerful directions to the caravansary where the rest of the caravan was spending the night.

When Ross and his party entered the caravansary through the high gates, they found that this one was laid out in typical fashion, with small rooms for visitors and stables for the beasts all opening onto the large central courtyard.

With human voices and animal complaints bouncing from the mud-brick walls, the caravansary was a noisy place.

The chunks of roast mutton purchased in the bazaar were served on a bed of cooked rice obtained from the caravansary cookshop, and there was fresh flat bread as well.

There she turned left and followed the caravansary walls around to the back.

They were nearing the caravansary, and as he watched, she raised the tagelmoust and pulled it tightly around her lower face.

Though it was unlikely that a caravansary would be robbed, through long habit he liked to keep a weapon near to hand, just in case.

Their group was too large for the small caravansary, so many of the travelers had to make camp outside under the palm trees.

As in Sarakhs, the caravansary was on the edge of town, and by the time he overtook Juliet, they were well into the desert.