Also jibbeh, jibba. [A variant (following the pronunc. current in Egypt) of JUBBAH.] An outer garment, worn by Egyptian Mohammedans, consisting of a long cloth coat with sleeves reaching nearly to the wrists.
1892. in Daily News, 20 Oct., 5/6. He again returned, wearing a clean jibbeh patched with pieces of the vestments belonging to our Mission church at El Obeid. Ibid. (1896), 3 Feb., 6/4. A man dressed in the Mahdist ‘jibba’ appeared before Slatin’s fort, with a summons to surrender.
1898. Doyle, Trag. Korosko, v. 123. Then he laid his black forefinger upon the breast of his jibbeh.
b. Comb., as jibbah-clad.
1898. Daily News, 5 Sept., 5/5. The Dervishes … broke and fled, leaving the field white with jibbah-clad corpses, like a meadow dotted with snowdrifts.
