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mahaila|məˈhaɪla|
Also mahailah, maheila, maheileh, mahela(h), mehala.
[App. f. Arab. safīna mahīla ship treated with bitumen; cf. Arab. muhl(a) liquid pitch.]
A large river sailing-boat used in Iraq.
1904H. V. Geere By Nile & Euphrates vi. 86 On the Shatt el-Arab many varieties of native craft are to be seen, dhows, mehalas. 1916T. E. Lawrence Home Lett. (1954) 319 The bellam is the passenger boat..and the Mahaila the cargo boat. Mahailas sit on the water like the scooped third of a melon-rind. 1922Blackw. Mag. Jan. 10/2 They were..waiting for a mahaila to pass on her way upstream. 1952E. F. Davies Illyrian Venture iii. 44 The Nile showed up.., and mahelas with their lateen rig were sailing downstream. 1969R. Millar Kut i. 9 Townshend..improvised a mock fleet from the few available river steamers and disguised mahailas (small river dhows). |