norimon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese のりもの.

Noun

norimon (plural norimons)

  1. A Japanese covered litter, carried by men.
    • 1872, Bayard Taylor, Japan in Our Day:
      The principal large objects made of lacquered wood are the norimons (palanquins) and travelling trunks of nobles, wardrobes, toilet tables […]

References

“norimon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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