[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.725 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.725 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.725 - **Language:** English ### [c10.725](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.725) 1682.—At Gamron (Gombroon) “most of the houses have a square tower which stands up far above the roof, and which in the upper part towards the four winds has ports and openings to admit air and catch the wind, which plays through these, and ventilates the whole house. In the heat of summer people lie at night at the bottom of these towers, so as to get good rest.”—\*Nieuhof, Zee en Lant-Reize, ii. 79.\* - [Previous: c10.724](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.724) - [Next: c10.726](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.726) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.725](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.725) · Pramāṇa