goont
English
editEtymology
editFrom Hindi [Term?].
Noun
editgoont (plural goonts)
- (India, archaic) A kind of pony of the northern Himalayas.
- 1846, Sir William Lloyd, George Lloyd, Narrative of a Journey from Caunpoor to the Boorendo Pass, page 202:
- We frequently watched one, and starting fairly, cantered as fast as our goonts would go, to keep up with it; but in vain, it always outstripped us.