East Ind. [Hindī khaḍ.] A deep ravine or chasm; a precipitous cleft or descent in a hill-side.
1837. Bacon, First Impr. Hindustan, II. 146 (Y.). To look over the edge of the narrow footpath into the Khud.
1870. Gd. Words, 133/2. The depth of the khuds is very great, and the slope so rapid that you can scarcely find footing when once off the beaten road.
1886. R. Kipling, Departm. Ditties, etc. (1899), 87. Death … drops the reckless rider down The rotten rain-soaked khud.
attrib. 1896. Sara J. Duncan, His Honour & a Lady, xix. 244. The tin roofs of the cottages down the khud-side.
