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dghaisa|ˈdaɪsə|
Also dghajsa, dhiassa.
[Maltese.]
A boat resembling a gondola, used in Malta.
1893‘S. Grand’ Heavenly Twins I. ii. i. 214 A rainbow fleet of dghaisas..propelled by oarsmen who stood to their work. 1923Blackw. Mag. Dec. 744/2 Not my business the fare—ask dghaisa-man. Ibid. 750/2 Innumerable dghaisas skated about the surface of the harbour. 1940M. Dickens Mariana ix. 339 Wireless messages from Aunt Annabelle telling them to jump into a dhiassa and come ashore. 1964House & Garden Dec. 28/1 The Maltese dghajsa..is first cousin to the gondola of Venice. |