Meaning of tobe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male given name, diminutive of Toby.
2. A cotton garment worn in parts of northern Africa.

Examples

“It consists, for men and women alike, of a ‘tobe,’ or straight piece of cotton cloth (printed, or white with a crimson border), two breadths wide, and some twelve feet long, draped in graceful folds about the body, and fastened on the left shoulder.”

“She loved travelling to Egypt, and how she didn’t have to wear a tobe in Cairo.”

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