The
litter is a class of
wheelless vehicles, a type of
human-powered transport, for the transport of persons. Examples of litter vehicles include
lectica (ancient Rome),
kiệu [轎] (
Vietnam),
sedan chair (
Britain),
litera (
Spain),
palanquin (
France,
India,
Ghana),
jiao (
China),
liteira (
Portugal),
wo (วอ, Chinese style known as
kiao เกี้ยว) (
Thailand),
gama (
Korea),
koshi,
ren and
kago [駕籠] (
Japan) and
tahtırevan (
Turkey).