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Definition of Caffila
1. n. See Cafila.
Definition of Caffila
1. Noun. (alternative form of cafila) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caffila
1. cafila [n -S] - See also: cafila
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caffila
Literary usage of Caffila
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"caffila, a company of merchants or travellers, who join together in order to go with
... The caffila differs from a caravan, at least in Persia ; for the ..."
2. The History of Hindostan by Alexander Dow (1770)
"... to protect the caffila f . But left the ene- Mecca- my ... immediately upon
the fall of their chief turned their face to flight ; and the caffila, ..."
3. The English Factories in India, 1618-1621: A Calendar of Documents in the by William Foster (1906)
"The Melick laid the fault of the robbing of the caffila upon ours, because they
would not take such waies as they were counselled. ..."
4. The World Displayed, Or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels by Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson, Christopher Smart (1760)
"... rufh out on a caffila or caravan, and while the guards and carriers are fighting,
... he was obliged to travel to Tatta in a caffila of 1500 beads, ..."
5. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"By the failing of the Goa caffila. " —Sir T. Rot, Hak. Soc. ii. 402.] 1623. ...
Л «no 1699, a pretty rieh caffila was robbed by a Band of 4 or 5000 villains ..."
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