单词 | cafila |
释义 | cafilan. In the Middle East or India: a company of travellers, a caravan. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > a company of travellers > in Africa or the East caravana1500 cafila1598 caravanserai1836 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xcii. 140/1 From thence, euerie yeare twyse, there trauelleth two Caffylen. 1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects 81 Some of the Raiahs..making Outroades prey on the Caffaloes passing by the Way. 1671 tr. A. Charant Let. conc. Countrys King of Tafiletta 14 in tr. R. Fréjus Relation Voy. Mauritania They sent yearly..Caphilles or Caravans to Tombotum. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 91 From the bells of a Cafila, passing over the rocks. 1811 H. Martyn in Mem. (1825) iii. 339 At ten o'clock on the 30th our cafila began to move. 1867 Q. Rev. Jan. 102 A carriage..followed by a large convoy of armed and mounted travellers, a kind of Kafila. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1598 |
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