noun (n)

• a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  palankeen
  

  source: wordnet30
• An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place.(noun)

  source: webster1913