Pāl'an-keen' or Pāl'an-quīn', n.

(păl'an-kēn'), n. [Pg. & Fr. palanquin, Javan. pālangki, O. Javan. palangki, Hind. pālki.] A covered carriage used in India, China, &c., borne on the shoulders of men, and in which a single person is conveyed from place to place.