‖ douar, dowar
(ˈduːa(r))
Also douwar, douah, dooar, duar.
[a. Arab. dūār, in F. douar.]
A small encampment of Arab tents grouped in a circle round a central enclosure for the cattle.
| 1829 Southey Sir T. More II. 176 Those who dwell in dou-wars or kraals. 1834 Fraser's Mag. X. 64 Near Tuarick town and Arab douar spread. 1856 Aird Poet. Wks. 168 Straight through a dowar's ground The Chieftain rode. 1899 Daily News 6 Nov. 7/2 At the duar of Charifin a man stole a donkey. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 16 Apr. 5/2 The duar or village of the Kaid of the Ouled Buziri. |