Planquin wani rumfa ne da aka lullube, wanda akasari mutane huxu ko fiye suke ɗauka, wanda ake amfani da shi wajen jigilar mutane, musamman a da. Yawanci ana yin shi da firam ɗin katako tare da labule ko allo don keɓancewa, kuma ana ɗaukarsa a kafaɗun masu ɗaukar hoto ta amfani da dogayen sanduna waɗanda ke manne da firam ɗin. An yi amfani da palanquins a Asiya, musamman a Indiya, a matsayin hanyar sufuri don sarakuna da masu daraja.
1. The guards who followed the young woman presented a violent contrast to her, armed as they were with naked sabres hung at their waists, and long damascened pistols, and bearing a corpse on a palanquin.
2. On landing, he conducted her to a palanquin, in which they repaired to the Club Hotel.
3. Fogg, not betraying the least vexation, contented himself with taking his carpet-bag, calling Aouda, and sending for a palanquin.
4. Fogg and Aouda got into the palanquin, their luggage being brought after on a wheelbarrow, and half an hour later stepped upon the quay whence they were to embark.
5. The same formalities having been gone through at the French consulate, and the palanquin having stopped at the hotel for the luggage, which had been sent back there, they returned to the wharf.