Palanquin vs Sedan - What's the difference?
palanquin | sedan |
A covered type of litter for a stretched-out passenger, carried on four poles on the shoulders of four or more bearers, as formerly used (also by colonials) in eastern Asia.
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.
(US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) A motorcar designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggage space.
* 1986 May, Jack Keebler, U.S. Family Sedans - traditional techology takes on state of the art'', '' ,
* 1996 , Dennis Adler, Fifties Flashback: The American Car , 2004,
* 2005 , Dennis W. Parks, American Hot Rod: How to Build a Hot Rod with Boyd Coddington ,
As nouns the difference between palanquin and sedan
is that palanquin is a covered type of litter for a stretched-out passenger, carried on four poles on the shoulders of four or more bearers, as formerly used (also by colonials) in eastern Asia while sedan is 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.palanquin
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* sedan chair ----sedan
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- What we are observing in this sedan' square-off is the cumulative effect of modern design technology on the family ' sedan .
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- In addition there was a companion four-door sedan , mounted on the C- 38 Series 121.5-inch platform and equipped with the 1 14-horsepower L-head six.
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- The 1929 Model A Tudor sedan on these pages will receive a mild top chop of 3 inches, combined with the installation of a rear delivery door and a filled roof.
