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Gaboon, gaboon|gəˈbuːn|
Also Gabun.
[The name of a province and river in West Africa.]
1. A hardwood from the tree Aucoumea klaineana. Also attrib.
1910Encycl. Brit. VIII. 843/2 The heart-wood is very black and hard and is known as black ebony,..and Gabun, Lagos, Calabar or Niger ebony. 1913Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 621/1 Gaboon mahogany is another timber which the wood-worker regards with disdain, owing to its softness. 1920A. L. Howard Man. Timbers of World 140 Gaboon. Boswellia Klaineana... This..useful wood..fills a place of importance which justifies a title which would give it individuality, though it should not be called mahogany. Ibid., Gaboon has been tried for the purpose of making aeroplane propellers. 1960Guardian 29 Sept. 9/1 Another very pleasant thing about the classrooms is the row of gaboon-faced sliding doors.
2. Comb., as Gaboon adder or viper [tr. F. échidnée du Gabon (Duméril & Bibron, in Erpétologie générale (1854) VII. 1428)], a snake, Bitis gabonica.
1928Daily Tel. 29 May 6 Specimens of the green mamba and gaboon viper from West Africa. 1954J. A. Pringle Common Snakes 26 Gaboon Adder... This snake is widely distributed in the Western forest of tropical Africa..but its occurrence in the Union is restricted to the northern tips of Zululand and South West Africa. 1965R. & D. Morris Men & Snakes i. 16 The Gaboon viper has a pair of enlarged scales between its nostrils which stick out like two little horns. |