douardowarn.
/ˈduːa/ A small encampment of Arab tents grouped in a circle round a central enclosure for the cattle.
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ordu1673
chantier1823
douar1829
outcamp1844
log-camp1858
lumbering-camp1858
yayla1864
refugee camp1865
cow-camp1873
gypsyry1873
work camp1877
tent town1878
logging-camp1880
lumber-camp1882
town camp1885
base camp1887
line-camp1888
wanigan1890
isolation camp1891
tent village1899
sheep-camp1911
safari camp1912
jungle1914
transit camp1919
Siwash camp1922
health camp1925
tent city1934
fly camp1939
bivvy1961
1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 176 Those who dwell in dou-wars or kraals.
1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 64 Near Tuarick town and Arab douar spread.
1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 168 Straight through a dowar's ground The Chieftain rode.
1899 Daily News 6 Nov. 7/2 At the duar of Charifin a man stole a donkey.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 16 Apr. 5/2 The duar or village of the Kaid of the Ouled Buziri.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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