Howdah. No that’s not a greeting, but a noun. It’s an object, to be precise.
Do you know what it is? I’ll bet you’ve seen one, probably multiple times – maybe in real life, maybe just in the movies.
The howdah is the basket, many times covered with a canopy, strapped onto the back of a beast of burden, usually a camel or elephant.
To bring this discussion around to firearms we will have to put…