Definition of "ghât"

[…]; insomuch, that after the conclusion of hostilities in the year 1806, he was in the occupation of a territory of not less than eleven pergunnas, whereof the principal were Bairsea, Chipaneer, Ashtar, Shujawulpoor, Sarungpoor, Ichawur, and Sehoree, above the ghâts of the Nerbudda, together with Sutwas, and other places within the valley.

1820, Henry T[hoby] Prinsep, A Narrative of the Political and Military Transactions of British India, under the Administration of the Marquess of Hastings. 1813 to 1818., London: John Murray, pages 25–26

Northern Hindu follows, the temples of Orissa and at Benares being conspicuous instances, and the chapter closes with instances from the mixed Hindu style, when the Mahometan conquests had introduced a leaven of new forms, grafting most gracefully upon the native treatment, and producing, in the mausolæa, the palace halls, and the majestic ghâts or landing places, studies of great and novel value to our architects.

1856, “The Illustrated Handbook of Architecture: being a concise and popular account of the different styles of Architecture prevailing in all ages and countries. By James Fergusson, […].”, in The New Quarterly Review, and Digest of Current Literature, British, American, French, and German. For the Year 1856., volume V, London: Bosworth & Harrison, page 276

The other moist zone extends along the western coast of the peninsula, its eastern limit nearly coinciding with the crests of the ghâts, and its width varying from 50 to 100 miles.

1880, Clements R[obert] Markham, Peruvian Bark. A Popular Account of the Introduction of Chinchona Cultivation into British India. 1860-1880., London: John Murray, page 284