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gaiassa|gaɪˈæsə| Also 9 caiash. [Arab. ḳayyāsa.] A high-stemmed vessel with lateen sails used on the Nile for carrying freight.
1818H. Light Trav. Egypt ii. i. 123, I began to descend the Nile in a small caiash or barge. 1906Westm. Gaz. 21 Mar. 3/2 One of the most heterodox of boats to European eyes is the ‘Gaiassa’ of the Nile. 1938Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Dec. 829/1 The craft in question being, persumably, gaiassas. |