obin.1
/ˈəʊbi/, U.S. /ˈoʊbi/ In Japanese traditional dress: a broad band of material (usually silk) wound tightly around the waist as a tie for an outer garment (as a kimono, etc.) or for the jacket worn in various martial arts. Later sometimes (more generally): a belt or sash designed in imitation of this.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > worn by specific people
abnet1602
bride belt1606
posting belt1737
obi1872
waist-torque1891
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > worn around waist > that which is worn as
waistband1584
obi1872
1822 F. Shoberl tr. I. Titsingh Illustr. Japan 260 The sita-obi, a kind of under sash, the woewa-obi, or upper sash.
1863 A. D'Almeida Lady's Visit Manilla & Japan 200 I note down the following list, giving the names in Japanese and English: Waistband, obee, [etc.].]
1872 B. Taylor Japan, in our Day 162 The obi, a girdle which is worn by all adult Japanese women, married or single, with the exception of the ladies of princely families, is the article of feminine costume [etc.].
1874 T. A. Purcell Our Neighbourhood 15 What a sight he is,..his obi loose and dress disordered.
1910 Daily Chron. 2 Feb. 5/2 The real Japanese kimono, secured only by an obi or waistband, is much in favour with Englishwomen as a dressing-gown.
1964 J. Sasamori & G. Warner This is Kendo (1992) 150 Sasu..to thrust a sword of a shinai forward; to wear a sword by thrusting it through the obi.
1991 D. Francis Comeback v. 93 I, who had watched countless tea ceremonies..asked if Miss Annabel could stand in, even though without kimono and obi.
2006 P. S. Bramble Culture Shock! Japan 192 Kimono are bound around the waist by a sash known as an obi.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
obin.2
/ˈəʊbi/, U.S. /ˈoʊbi/, West African English /ˈobi//ˈəʊbuː/, U.S. /ˈoʊbu/, West African English /ˈobu/. In the Igbo area of Nigeria: a hut or house, esp. one for formal or ceremonial use.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > types of
lonquhardc1480
hothouse1643
ajoupa1666
penthouse1683
pandal?1692
bark-hut1744
log-tent1748
log cabin1770
bush-hut1775
log-hut1778
yurt1780
isba1784
beach hut1806
whare1807
bough-house1811
pondok1815
grass hut1818
hartebeest house1818
leaf hut1818
gunyah1820
grass house1823
slab-and-bark hut1826
slab-and-shingle hut1826
slab whare1826
rondavel1829
bush-house1835
skerm1835
jacal1838
toldo1839
log-shanty1847
wurley1847
maloca1853
palm hut1853
whare1853
hutmenta1857
bush-shanty1857
benab1860
pondokkie1862
bothan1863
lanaia1869
hogan1872
tenta1873
beehive-hut1884
leaf shelter1886
Oklahoma1889
goondie1890
cabana1898
troolie hut1899
tukul1901
fale1902
banda1908
kya1909
hut1913
obi1913
Nissen hut1917
Nissen1919
basha1921
tourist cabin1928
bunkie1935
wanigan1937
Quonset hut1942
chickee1943
iron lung1943
Quonset1943
1913 N. W. Thomas Anthropol. Rep. Ibo-speaking Peoples i. 33 An oglisi stick is planted in the ground to represent Ago, that is to say the person reincarnated. In the case of the boy it is put in the obu (men's house), in the case of the girl the mother keeps it.
1931 Discovery May 154/1 The more important natives have what is called an obi house, which is practically a shrine to the family gods and ancestors.
1937 C. K. Meek Law & Authority in Nigerian Tribe iii. 62 It [sc. a wooden pillar] is fixed inside the householder's obi (entrance hut) facing outwards.
1958 C. Achebe Things fall Apart ix. 69 ‘Where do you sleep with your wife, in your obi or in her own hut?’ asked the medicine-man.
1973 V. C. Ike Potter's Wheel (1974) xi. 85 From where he sat in his obi, every noise sounded like an approaching lorry.
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obin.3
/ˈəʊbi/, U.S. /ˈoʊbi/, West African English /ˈobi/ In the Onitsha and western Igbo area of Nigeria: a king, a chief; = Oba n.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > specific Nigerian ruler
Oba1852
Alafin1874
Oni1900
obi1932
1932 in I. Nzimiro Stud. Ibo Polit. Syst. (1972) I. 199 In accordance with our ancient custom, the Obi designate of Onitsha should agree to sign the following resolution before we can support him.
1937 C. K. Meek Law & Authority in Nigerian Tribe x. 219 At Onitsha it was a capital offence for any one to have sexual relations with a wife of the Obi.
1958 J. S. Coleman Nigeria i. 28 The obi (an Ibo term—of likely Yoruba origin—for king or chief) was appointed by the Oba of Benin.
1976 CRC Jrnl. July 18/2 Okonkwo does not have his young niece's welfare at heart, but only his own ambition to become an Obi, a rank of chieftaincy which he can only obtain at expense as yet beyond his reach.
1994 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 27 349 I shall..confine the title of chief to the monarchs. Thus for Onitsha, for example, I reserve the title for only the obi.
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