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marabou1|ˈmærəbuː|
Also marabout, marabu.
[a. F. marabou(t, app. repr. a vulgar Arabic use of murābiṭ hermit, Marabout. ‘The stork is said to be Mrabt, i.e. holy’ (Pagni in Dozy Suppl. aux Dictt. arabes, s.v. murābiṭ).]
1. A large stork or heron, Leptoptilus marabou or crumenifer, a native of Western Africa. Now applied also to the adjutant-bird of India, Leptoptilus dubius or argala. Also marabou stork.
1826Denham & Clapperton's Trav. N. & Central Africa App. 203 M. Temminck..has given it [sc. this African species] the name of Argala, while for the Indian bird,..he proposes the name of Marabou. We have ventured to reverse the order of these names;..we have assigned the African species the title of Marabou, which..is a word peculiar to Africa. 1861P. B. Du Chaillu Equat. Afr. xiv. 223 The ugly marabouts, from whose tails our ladies get the..feathers for their bonnets. 1872Baker Nile Tribut. xi. 175, I shot a crocodile, and a marabou stork.
2. A tuft or plume of the soft white downy feathers found under the wings and tail of these birds, used for trimming hats and dresses. Also marabou feather, marabou plume. Also collect. sing., trimming made of these feathers.
1823Repos. Arts, etc. Ser. iii. I. 57 A good many [hats] are trimmed with marabouts only. Ibid. 184 Marabout plumes. 1828Lady Granville Lett. (1894) ii. 15 Lady George in a toque with marabouts. 1839Thackeray Second Lect. Fine Arts ii. Wks. 1900 XIII. 276 A marabou feather which she wears in her turban. 1884Illustr. Lond. News 11 Oct. 338/3 Ladies who rejoice in the soft fluffy white feather trimming called marabout.
transf.1862H. Marryat Year in Sweden II. 444 Birch varies the scene with its drooping marabouts.
3. An exceptionally white kind of raw silk which can be dyed without first removing the natural gum.
1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 248 It is only a finishing degree of twist which marabout receives after dyeing. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. ix. 155 Marabout is silk thrown twice. 1929Times 31 Oct. 11/6 An attractive bridge coat..in artificial silk velvet finished with a marabout collar. 1975Lady 1 May 801/1 Marabou cap and muff. |