English Dictionary

aba

/əˈbɑː/

noun

A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair. / A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs.

The aba fabric is commonly used for making traditional African clothing.

意味（1）

A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.

意味（2）

A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs.

'A pale mauve abba such as you buy in the East.'

意味（3）

An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert. The illustration shows such an aba, made of two breadths of stuff sewed together to make an oblong about four by nine feet.