solah
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsəʊlə/
Noun
solah (countable and uncountable, plural solahs)
- A tall plant growing in the swamps of India; its pith is used to make hats.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 93:
- he descended in a new khaki suit—tight fitting—of a delicate olive-green; a peacock-blue tie, white collar, and a snowy white solah helmet.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 93:
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