muncheel

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US/ˌmənˈtʃil/UK/mʌnˈtʃiːl/

A form of mancheel — A covered hammock litter developed in southwest India.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounmuncheel (plural muncheels)

plural muncheels

  1. alternativeAlternative form of mancheel.
    1 more example

    The muncheel or manjeel..., also written munsheel and munchil, from the Malayālam manjīl, manjāl, mañchīl, mañchāl and Sanskrit maṇcha, is the name given to a kind of hammock-litter used on the south-west coast of India... It is shaded by a cover, which in some cases is held up by a frame of bent canes.

    2002, Norman Mosley Penzer, Poison Damsels, page 231
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APA

muncheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muncheel

MLA

“muncheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muncheel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muncheel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muncheel.

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