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bamboos S. Afr.|bæmˈbuːs|
Also -ous.
[ad. Du. bamboes bamboo.]
A wooden vessel for milk, water, etc. Cf. bamboo joint s.v. bamboo n. 2.
1822J. Campbell Trav. S. Africa i. iii. 46 They brought us three bamboosses... A bamboos is a deep wooden vessel..cut out of a block of wood. 1842R. Moffat Missionary Labours S. Africa x. 144 A kind housewife would hang a bamboos, or wooden vessel filled with milk..near my head. 1844J. Backhouse Narr. Visit Mauritius & S. Afr. 565 Bambouses..are a sort of jars made of willow-wood. |