2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment

Words of interest
Other Words

The list of words below have made there way here as they do not fall into any of the other categories.


   
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Acriflavine:
  An antiseptic.
Arms-kote:
  Armory or secure storage room for weapons etc.
Arrak:
  Local drink (Alcohol).
Attah:
  Cooking dough.
Baghs:
  Orchards.
Baleful dirge:
  Alcoholic drink made from fermented sap of a palm tree.
Bashas:
  Bamboo hut.
Bawarchi:
  Indian cook employed by the British army.
Betel nut:
  Troops in India noticed the blackened teeth of the native people. The reason for this was the chewing of the Betel nut leaf. Used as a stimulant and to treat minor illnesses
Bhisti:
  An Indian water carrier employed by the British army.
Bhutti:
  A lamp.
Blanco:
  A dye, compound used by British army. Blanco came in various colours, the most common being shades of khaki, and olive green.
Cadre:
  Training - Cadre (French; pronounced 'ka drei') cadre is a military expression for a group around whom a unit is formed, or a training staff.
Charpoy:
  A bed, frame strung with tapes or rope to form its base.
Chaung:
  Burmese for watercourse or small river, can be as narrow as a ditch, or wide enough to handle small craft, during the monsoon period can be lethal to forge.
Chikors:
  Hill partridges.
Chinthes:
  Mythological animals, mostly lion, standing at the entrances to most Burmese temples and kyaungs.
Dhobi wallah:
  Indian worker who did the washing.
Dhotis:
  Rectangular one-piece cloth wrapped about the waist and legs.
Dushman:
  Indian for Enemy.
Gharrie:
  A two wheeled cart.
Hara-kiri:
  Japanese ritual suicide.
Jiffs:
  Japanese-Indian Fighting Forces or Japanese-Inspired Fifth-Columnists.
Lantana:
  A thick scrub that resembles raspberry bushes. Impossible to advance through without cutting, but offers good concealment from a defenders point of view.
Machan:
  A platform.
Mahseer:
  Indian salmon.
Muleable:
  A track or jungle terrain that mules are able to negotiate.
Naik:
  Indian for corporal.
Pi dogs:
  Wild dogs.
Pongyi kyaung:
  Holy place.
Pongyis:
  Burmese monks.
Rakshi:
  Rum.
Redoubts:
  System of strongly fortified defensive emplacements.
Roti:
  Bread. From the Hindustani word roti.
Rooti Gong:
  Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
Sahib:
  Indian for Sir.
Sangars:
  Low walls.
Shabashe:
  Well done (Indian).
Shikaree wallah:
  Hunter.
Surra:
  Primarily a disease of the horse but it can affect a wide range of vertebrate animals, causing wasting.
Squares:
  Grids on a map.
Urdu:
  Common dialect of the Indian Army.
   
 
   

 

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