Anglo-Ind. [Hindī chhātā, Skr. chhatra.]
1. An umbrella (in India).
1796. Ann. Rev. (1803), I. 212/2. Two bearers, who … carry a chatta.
1832. G. C. Mundy, Pen & Pencil Sk., II. 158. I therefore ordered my chair, my Chattah, and my telescope.
1836. Marryat, Olla Podr., xxvi. Gold chatta chiefs … permitted to have a gold umbrella carried over their heads.
2. The Umbrella-tree (Magnolia tripetala), a native of India.
1834. Caunter, Orient. Ann., v. 58. The chatta-tree is here so plentiful, that we made use of it as a standing umbrella.
