dahabeeya

plural dahabeeyas

1. A large, slow, flat-bottomed boat with a sail at one end, used on the Nile river for carrying passengers, hauling cargo, or as a houseboat.

   They had gone on foot just for the chance to be free of the confines of the constantly rolling rhythm of the dahabeeya.

   2010, Barbara M. Moskaitis, The Eye of the Lioness

   2 more examples

   Together they organized an expedition by dahabeeya down the Nile, where they did considerable shooting and Cory made important additions to his collection of birds.

   1922, The Auk - Volume 39, page 153

   Engaging William Prime's (q.v.) dragoman, he visits the bazaars, mosques, and Pyramids before sailing in the dahabeeya Rip Van Winkle up the Nile.

   1992, Martin R. Kalfatovic, Nile Notes of a Howadji, page 243