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girba|ˈgɜːbə|
Also gerba(h), gurba.
[ad. Arab. ḳirba waterskin.]
A water-vessel made of leather.
1790J. Bruce Trav. IV. viii. iv. 334 A girba is an ox's skin squared, and the edges sewed together very artificially by a double seam. 1821G. F. Lyon Narr. Trav. N. Afr. 33 Our road was through very difficult passes in the mountains, where we found some rain water, with which we filled our gerbas, or water-skins, with a sufficient supply for three days. 1864J. A. Grant Walk across Africa 418 We had twenty Seedees, and each required to have two goatskins, or ‘girba’, to carry his drinking-water. 1866S. W. Baker Albert Nyanza I. iv. 150 This is the unexceptional rule in African travelling—‘fill your girbas before starting’. 1925W. J. H. King Myst. Libyan Desert viii. 97 A gurba, raised slightly off the ground in this way, so that the air can circulate round it, keeps the water much cooler. |