Obscure Words Aba
@arthurchappell (44941)
Preston, England
June 9, 2018 4:48am CST
I thought I would continue my look at obscure words found on online sites, which opens up thousands of articles to come.
The latest I see is Aba, which is a camel hair fabric cloak -coat often worn by arabs and other desert dwelling peoples. You see Sheiks wearing them in numerous movies, documentaries etc. They look light, and able to protect the wearer from the blazing Sun without being too heavy or sweaty too.
The garment has a French origin, created by an explorer called A. T. d' Abbadie from who it takes its name.
The word Aba also applies to an African electric fish and a portable kind of astronomical telescope.
Youtube Aba fabric
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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary Jump to navigation Jump to search See also: Appendix:Variations of "aba" Contents English[edit] See also the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica's article on: Aba. An aba (garment). Etymology 1[edit] Borrowed from A
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
9 Jun 18
@LadyDuck presumably a variation on the same garb
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
9 Jun 18
@LadyDuck I'm pretty sure of it too
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
9 Jun 18
@arthurchappell I am pretty sure both names have the same origin.
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@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
9 Jun 18
And here I thought you were talking about the band Abba. 
How neat, fish are neat and yoummy and make cool definitions. Who Knew
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
9 Jun 18
@crossbones27 I like Abba - they did some great music. I hate Mamma Mia (the musical) though.
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@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
9 Jun 18
@arthurchappell For some reason can never hate that band. Not sure why.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
9 Jun 18
@crossbones27 they are great. I wa very orry when they broke up
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
10 Jun 18
@JudyEv sounds an interesting shawl
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@JudyEv (381750)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 18
@arthurchappell I used what's called a Solomon's knot which is very lacy and makes the yarn go a lot further than some stitches. We didn't have a lot of yarn to play with.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
11 Jun 18
@JudyEv handy that you can make a little material go a long way
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
9 Jun 18
Very interesting to know about Aba...I want to have one...Where can I get it?
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
10 Jun 18
@arthurchappell Nice. I will look for it. But, the thing is that I can use it only for the Himalayan tour I think.
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
13 Jun 18
Right, seen in many movies and books didn't know there wS a special name for it
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
13 Jun 18
neither did I until recently
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
9 Jun 18
lol @Courage7 the band actually uses an acronym of the four members
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
10 Jun 18
@arthurchappell I think each letter is relating to the name in the group. I think.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
11 Jun 18
@aureliah I think it is quite a rare species
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