Dahabieh
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dahabieh is a noun meaning A traditional Egyptian sailing-boat.
Meaning
A traditional Egyptian sailing-boat.
Example Sentences
The last year of his life he went up the Nile on a dahabiyeh
Much has changed since the Victorians traveled in large comfortable boats called dahabiehs — “a bit like floating down the Nile in a brownstone,” Mahoney says.
The dahabiyeh, gentle reader, is a boat in form and outline not unlike the barges of the City Companies in the days when the Thames was to Londoners what the Nile is to the Egyptians. Its saloons and cabins are on deck.
And when the sun rose, it was upon the white sails of the dahabiyeh, the vacant pyramid, and the slumbering Sphinx. There was great excitement at the Cairo Hotel the next morning. The Princess and the Chevalier had disappeared,[…]
Word Forms
- dahabiehs
- dahabeah
- dahabeeah
- dahabeeyah
- dahabiah
- dahabiya
- dahabiyah
- dahabiyeh
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include felucca, batil, thalamegos, dghaisa, baris, abra.
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