deloul

English

Etymology

Probably of Bedouin Arabic origin.

Noun

deloul (plural delouls)

  1. A breed of dromedary used for rapid travel; a swift camel.
    • Sir Austen Henry Layard
      We had a seven hours' ride on the delouls, leaving the caravan to follow, to the large ruin of Abou Maria.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for deloul in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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