thob
- noun
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thob
- He stepped out onto the pavement in a gleaming white thob, the light cotton material flowing elegantly around him.
Examples
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Moving to a more extreme case in Sudan, where the local dress, the thob (a rather lovely voluminous and diaphanous garment worn sari-style to cover the head if desired), was the most commonly worn garment before the National Islamic Front came to power.
Academic text (2003) -
She nods again, and he hands her a bag containing a thob and a white hijab, prepared for her culture's event.
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Drop it down under your thob till it slips out by your feet.
Fiction book (1994) -
He stepped out onto the pavement in a gleaming white thob, the light cotton material of the yhutra secured around his head with two black cords, falling about his face.
Fiction book (1994) -
In a suburban villa miles away from the Hilton, a handsome, moustached young Kuwaiti Army colonel in a white cotton thob sat in an armchair and listened to a friend who had come to him with an interesting snippet.
Fiction book (1994) -
In a suburban villa miles away from the Hilton, a handsome young colonel wore a stylish thob while listening to a friend.
Synonyms
A long loose robe with a hood that people wear in North Africa and the Middle East
A long loose robe that men wear in some Muslim countries
A long loose robe with a hood worn in North Africa
A long loose outer robe from Sudan often worn by men or for religious reasons
Surface Forms
Etymology
Thob comes from the Arabic thawb, which means 'garment' or 'clothing'. Think of it like the English word robe — a long, loose piece of clothing worn by men in the Middle East, which explains the modern meaning.
