Zanzibar mat
English
Noun
Zanzibar mat (plural Zanzibar mats)
- A type of traditional Tanzanian woven mat, made from variously dyed plant fibres.
- 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure:
- Walking a few yards down this passage, which was lighted with lamps, we came to the entrance of a chamber having a curtain made of some grass material, not unlike a Zanzibar mat in appearance, hung over the doorway.