Obs. form of KHAN2. [Pers. khān.] An eastern inn or caravanserai.
1612. Trav. Four Englishm., 77. The Canes that stand in high waies … for the protection of Trauellers.
1650. Fuller, Pisgah, IV. i. 18. Amongst these canes or turkish innes.
1743. R. Pocock, Egypt, in Pinkerton, Trav., XIV. 194. Several canes at Buloc, in … which strangers are accommodated.
