aroba

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aroba - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Araba \A*ra"ba\, n. [Written also aroba and arba.] [Ar. or
     Turk. 'arabah: cf. Russ. arba.]
     A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and often
     covered. [Oriental]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The araba of the Turks has its sides of latticework to
           admit the air                            --Balfour
                                                    (Cyc. of
                                                    India).
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]