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gufa|ˈguːfə|
Also gufar.
[Arab., f. quffa basket.]
A round boat, made from straw and palm branches, found in Mesopotamia since ancient times.
1914R. Meinertzhagen Army Diary 30 Jan. (1960) 65 Fortunately we were surrounded by gufas into which we quickly transferred our belongings and ourselves. 1919Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 23/2 Moored behind the mahailas are two strings of the up-river gufars. 1925Countries of World IV. 2729/2 The ‘gufas’, the round cauldron-shaped coracles of the Tigris and Euphrates are the oldest river⁓craft in existence. 1951A. Christie They came to Baghdad xii. 111 A gufa, the primitive craft of the Tigris. |