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Meshrebiya

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(drinking places), the Arabic term given to the projecting oriel windows in Cairo, enclosed with latticework, through which a good view of the street can be obtained by the occupants without being seen; the term was derived from the small semicircular bows, in which porous waterbottles are placed to cool by evaporation in the air.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Meshrebiya'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/meshrebiya.html. 1910.
 
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