Also 6 iubbe, 9 jubbee, jubbeh, juba, jhuba, joobey, djubba. [ad. Arab. jubbah, whence also Sp. (with Arab. article) aljuba, It. giubba, giuppa, Prov. jupa, F. jube, jupe (cf. JUB1); derivative F. jupon. Another pronunciation of the Arabic is JIBBAH.]
An outer garment worn by Mohammedans and Parsees, consisting of a long cloth coat, open in front, with sleeves reaching nearly to the wrists.
a. 1548. Hall, Chron., Hen. VIII., 83. Thre were apparelled for Hector, Alexandre, and Iulius Cæsar, in Turkay Iubbes of grene cloth of gold wrought like Chamlet very richely.
1818. E. Blaquiere, trans. Pananti’s Resid. Algiers, x. (1830), 201. Their robes, called jubas, are made like tunics.
1819. T. Hope, Anastasius (1820), I. i. 1. [He] saw no reason why he should not … swing his jubbee, like a pendulum, from side to side.
1828. J. B. Fraser, Kuzzilbash, I. xii. 165. I had … given him my Toorkoman jubbah and cap.
1831. Literary Souvenir, 152. Over these hung a brown joobba, or cloak of camel’s hair.
1896. Strand Mag., Jan., 88. He wore a crimson turban, yellow haik, brown djubba and saffron slippers.
