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Kiswa|ˈkɪswa|
Also Kiswah.
[Arab.]
The black cloth which covers the Kaaba.
1599Hakluyt Voyages II. i. 203 Moreouer he deliuereth vnto him ye Chisua Talnabi, which signifieth in the Arabian tongue, The garment of the Prophet. a1817J. L. Burckhardt Trav. Arabia (1829) I. 254 The four sides of the Kaaba are covered with a black silk stuff, hanging down, and leaving the roof bare. This curtain..is called kesoua. 1855R. F. Burton Pilgrimage II. xvi. 82 The Kiswa is a black, purple, or green brocade, embroidered with white or with silver letters. 1912A. J. B. Wavell Mod. Pilgrim in Mecca viii. 152 The ‘Ihram’..remains till the day of the festival, when the ‘Kiswah’, that is the covering itself, is changed. 1928E. Rutter Holy Cities Arabia I. xiii. 178 The beautiful silk and wool kiswa with its gold-embroidered band..not having been sent this year, Ibn Sa‘ûd had supplied a covering of black Bedouin hair cloth. 1959Chambers's Encycl. IX. 192/2 Each old Kiswa is cut up and sold to pilgrims. 1963Ann. Reg. 1962 375 Saudi refusal to accept the kiswa, the traditional holy cloth for the Kaaba shrine in Mecca sent annually from Cairo. |