Meaning of छप्पर in English

Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.
Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.
An impost.
One who pelts.
A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.
The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering.
That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth.
The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
To cover with a roof.
To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter.
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One who puts on roofs.
A small roof, covering, or shelter.
The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.
Having roofs.
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