Sentence:  There were ranks of <WSD>gharries</WSD> that appeared to do no serious business, although occasionally a group of Shans would wake up a driver, bundle into one and go for a quick spin round the bazaar, much as in the old days one took a five shilling flip around the aerodrome in a plane. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A wheeled cart or carriage (usually horsedrawn), used especially in Myanmar.