‖ jibbah
(ˈdʒɪbə)
Also djebba, djibba(h), jibbeh, jibba.
[A variant (following the pronunc. current in Egypt) of jubbah.]
a. An outer garment, worn by Egyptian Muslims, consisting of a long cloth coat with sleeves reaching nearly to the wrists. Occas. (outside the Middle East) worn by women as a type of smock.
| 1848 J. Richardson Trav. Sahara I. xiv. 386 Feel glad I took the advice of the Governor of Ghadames, and purchased a quantity of warm woollen clothing, heik, bornouse, and jibbah. 1892 Daily News 20 Oct. 5/6 He again returned, wearing a clean jibbeh patched with pieces of the vestments belonging to our Mission church at El Obeid. 1896 Ibid. 3 Feb. 6/4 A man dressed in the Mahdist ‘jibba’ appeared before Slatin's fort, with a summons to surrender. Ibid. 23 Oct. 2/1 They had turned their tattered djebbas inside out. 1898 Doyle Trag. Korosko v. 123 Then he laid his black forefinger upon the breast of his jibbeh. 1904 Daily Chron. 27 July 8/2 The djibbah is produced in full, warm reds, purples, blues, and orange hues. 1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica vii, A purple djibbah with a richly embroidered yoke. 1922 [see abaya]. 1927 Spectator 17 Dec. 1081/1 The books..are sold by ladies in djibbas. 1963 Punch 27 Feb. 302/2 A girl going into the senior school [at Roedean]..could wear her djibbah until she left at eighteen. |
b. Comb., as jibbah-clad.
| 1898 Daily News 5 Sept. 5/8 The Dervishes..broke and fled, leaving the field white with jibbah-clad corpses, like a meadow dotted with snowdrifts. |