[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) › c10.729 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.729 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.729 - **Language:** English ### [c10.729](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.729) 1881.—“A number of square turrets stick up all over the town; these are badgirs or ventilators, open sometimes to all the winds, sometimes only to one or two, and divided inside like the flues of a great chimney, either to catch the draught, or to carry it to the several rooms below.”—\*Pioneer Mail, March 8th.\* - [Previous: c10.728](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.728) - [Next: c10.730](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.730) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.729](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.729) · Pramāṇa