girban.

/ˈɡəːbə/

Forms: Also gerba(h), gurba.

Etymology: < Arabic ḳirba waterskin.

A water-vessel made of leather.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > leather > for water

waterskinOE

mussuck1610

waterskin1752

pakhali1781

girba1790

pakhal1842

chagal1909

1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile IV. viii. iv. 334 A girba is an ox's skin squared, and the edges sewed together very artificially by a double seam.

1821 G. F. Lyon Narr. Trav. N. Afr. 33 Our road was through very difficult passes in the mountains, where we found some rain water, with which we filled our gerbas, or water-skins, with a sufficient supply for three days.

1864 J. A. Grant Walk across Afr. 418 We had twenty Seedees, and each required to have two goatskins, or ‘girba’, to carry his drinking-water.

1866 S. W. Baker Albert N'yanza I. iv. 150 This is the unexceptional rule in African travelling—‘fill your girbas before starting’.

1925 W. J. H. King Myst. Libyan Desert viii. 97 A gurba, raised slightly off the ground in this way, so that the air can circulate round it, keeps the water much cooler.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	girba
释义	girban. /ˈɡəːbə/ Forms: Also gerba(h), gurba. Etymology: < Arabic ḳirba waterskin. A water-vessel made of leather. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > leather > for water waterskinOE mussuck1610 waterskin1752 pakhali1781 girba1790 pakhal1842 chagal1909 1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile IV. viii. iv. 334 A girba is an ox's skin squared, and the edges sewed together very artificially by a double seam. 1821 G. F. Lyon Narr. Trav. N. Afr. 33 Our road was through very difficult passes in the mountains, where we found some rain water, with which we filled our gerbas, or water-skins, with a sufficient supply for three days. 1864 J. A. Grant Walk across Afr. 418 We had twenty Seedees, and each required to have two goatskins, or ‘girba’, to carry his drinking-water. 1866 S. W. Baker Albert N'yanza I. iv. 150 This is the unexceptional rule in African travelling—‘fill your girbas before starting’. 1925 W. J. H. King Myst. Libyan Desert viii. 97 A gurba, raised slightly off the ground in this way, so that the air can circulate round it, keeps the water much cooler. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1790
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