English Dictionary

cutcherry

noun

An administration office in India. / (India) A hall used for business, political, or social assemblies, such as a magistrate's court or a building housing a public agency.

The cutcherry is responsible for handling administrative matters in India.

意味（1）

An administration office in India.

The cutcherry clerks and the police are with him everywhere; higher native officials are often on his side.

意味（2）

(India) A hall used for business, political, or social assemblies, such as a magistrate's court or a building housing a public agency.

I walked through the ruins of the Fort of Bangalore ... it is not without some degree of magnificence. On the upper storey it contains four halls, each comprising two balconies of state for the prince, and each balcony faces a different Cutchery, or court for giving audience. No person, except a few trusty guards, were admitted into the hall with the Sultan: but at each end of the court was erected a balcony for the officers of the highest rank.

意味（3）

Kaempferia galanga, a plant resembling ginger.