masula

English

Alternative forms

• masoola, masulah, mussoola, mussoolah

Etymology

Origin uncertain.

Noun

masula (plural masulas)

1. A type of boat used on the Coromandel Coast of southeast India, typically for travelling between ships and shore. Also more fully masula boat. [from 17th c.]
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 90:

     The catamarans accompany the masulah boats through the surf, and when an accident happens endeavour to pick up the unfortunate passengers.

Anagrams

• asulam