Sänfte — meaning in English

English meaning

• litter noun Rubbish or trash left lying around in a public place.
• sedan noun A car with a separate boot and a fixed roof, seating passengers in an enclosed cabin.

Senses

Sänfte is used for these senses in English:

• litter (countable, obsolete) A bed, especially a pile of straw with blankets &c. used as a bed.
• sedan An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.

litter — full definition

1. noun Rubbish or trash left lying around in a public place.
2. noun All the baby animals born to one mother at the same time.
3. noun Granular material used to absorb a pet's waste, especially for cats.
4. verb To leave trash scattered around; to make a place untidy.

sedan — full definition

1. noun A car with a separate boot and a fixed roof, seating passengers in an enclosed cabin.
2. noun Historically, an enclosed chair for one person, carried on poles by bearers.

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