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‖ jibbah|ˈdʒɪbə|
Also djebba, djibba(h), jibbeh, jibba.
[A variant (following the pronunc. current in Egypt) of jubbah.]
a. An outer garment, worn by Egyptian Muslims, consisting of a long cloth coat with sleeves reaching nearly to the wrists. Occas. (outside the Middle East) worn by women as a type of smock.
1848J. Richardson Trav. Sahara I. xiv. 386 Feel glad I took the advice of the Governor of Ghadames, and purchased a quantity of warm woollen clothing, heik, bornouse, and jibbah. 1892Daily News 20 Oct. 5/6 He again returned, wearing a clean jibbeh patched with pieces of the vestments belonging to our Mission church at El Obeid. 1896Ibid. 3 Feb. 6/4 A man dressed in the Mahdist ‘jibba’ appeared before Slatin's fort, with a summons to surrender. Ibid. 23 Oct. 2/1 They had turned their tattered djebbas inside out. 1898Doyle Trag. Korosko v. 123 Then he laid his black forefinger upon the breast of his jibbeh. 1904Daily Chron. 27 July 8/2 The djibbah is produced in full, warm reds, purples, blues, and orange hues. 1909H. G. Wells Ann Veronica vii, A purple djibbah with a richly embroidered yoke. 1922[see abaya]. 1927Spectator 17 Dec. 1081/1 The books..are sold by ladies in djibbas. 1963Punch 27 Feb. 302/2 A girl going into the senior school [at Roedean]..could wear her djibbah until she left at eighteen.
b. Comb., as jibbah-clad.
1898Daily News 5 Sept. 5/8 The Dervishes..broke and fled, leaving the field white with jibbah-clad corpses, like a meadow dotted with snowdrifts. |