| 单词 |
litham |
| 释义 |
‖ litham|liːˈθɑːm|
Also lisam.
[ad. Arab. liṯām veil.]
A veil of cloth wound round the head leaving only the eyes uncovered and worn by the men of the Tuareg people of the central Sahara desert.
1839E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. vi. 467 The Khaleefeh then put on himself the fishermen's jubbeh and turban, and, having drawn a lithám over his face, said to the fisherman, Go about thy business. 1855R. F. Burton Pilgrimage I. xii. 346 This veiling the features is technically called Lisam: the chiefs generally fight so, and it is the usual disguise when a man fears the avenger of blood, or a woman starts to take the Sar. 1879Encycl. Brit. IX. 129/1 The litham or shawl-muffler of the Tuareg, wound round the mouth to keep out the blown sand of the desert. 1903W. J. H. King Search for Masked Tawareks xv. 220 He stood..slightly raising with his long slender fingers the upper fold of his litham or mask. 1966M. Woodhouse Tree Frog xxi. 157 Mohammed Jalil al Murzuq sat still..the veil, the litham drawn across his face. |
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