| 单词 |
futah |
| 释义 |
‖ futah|ˈfuːta|
Also footah, fotah, futu.
[ad. Arab. fūṭa cloth used as a waist-wrapper.]
A kind of material orig. imported to Arab countries from India; hence, an article or garment made from this material, spec. a kind of loin-cloth or short skirt worn by Arabs.
[1616B. Farie Let. 26 May in W. Foster Lett. Received by E. India Co. (1900) IV. 306 As for the sales of the Surratt clothing you sent along in the Sea Adventure, I refer you to the advice of Mr. Sairs, entreating you that if you have..lunges and footaes of all sorts that will not vend in Japon, to ship them away for this place.] 1738T. Shaw Travels or Observations Barbary & Levant 293 But when the Women are at Home and in Private, then they lay aside their Hykes and sometimes their Tunicks, and, instead of Drawers, find only a Towel about their Loyns... This is called both in Barbary and the Levant, a Footah. 1836E. W. Lane Mod. Egyptians I. 175 A napkin (‘footah’) is given to each person. 1853J. Richardson Mission to Cent. Afr. I. v. 67 A few [of the Touaregs] sport a red fotah, or turban. 1923Other Lands Oct. 17/1 The fūtah is tied round the waist, and reaches nearly to the knees. 1936F. Stark S. Gates Arabia iii. 32 They wore their futahs (loin-cloths) as long as a kilt or even a skirt. 1962Times 12 Jan. 12/6 The tribesmen in their kilts, or futas as they call them. 1966‘S. Harvester’ Treacherous Road x. 90 A knee-length futah, a sort of kilt, of printed or white cotton. |
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