From Kanou: Dal, three hours; several small villages, where tobes are dyed with indigo.
They dye tobes and raw cotton, and cotton twist; the work is carried on in the open air.
I could not, however, object to sending sundry Tobes to the cunning idiot, in order to back up a verbal request for the escort.
About half a mile eastward of the town appears a burn called Jalah or the Coffee Water: the crowd crossing it did not prevent my companions bathing, and whilst they donned clean Tobes I retired to the wayside, and sketched the town.
The townspeople, when forced to hurry across it in the hotter season, cover themselves during the day with Tobes wetted every half hour in sea water; yet they are sometimes killed by the fatal thirst which the Simum engenders.
This unruly race requires to be propitiated by presents of cloth; as many as 600 Tobes are annually distributed amongst them by the Amir.
The fine cotton fabrics of the country are sold either in webs, or in what are called tobes and Turkadees, with rich silken strips or borders ready to be added.
The men were dressed in caps, and loose tobes and trousers of every colour; boots of red morocco leather, and turbans of white and blue cotton.
The exports are principally civet, and blue check tobes called sharie, which are manufactured by the slaves from Nyffee, of whom the men are considered the most expert weavers in Soudan, and the women the best spinners.
They also dress in white tobes and trousers, as an emblem of their purity in faith and intention.
Among them, were two women, very neatly clad in their native costume, with clean white tobes outside their other apparel, resembling as nearly as possible the chemise of European ladies.
The men were dressed in caps and loose tobes and trousers of every colour; boots of red morocco leather, and turbans of white and blue cotton.
Sometimes thetobes are variegated in colour, as are the trousers; but the sombre, or pure white, are the most popular.
The colour of thesetobes is generally blue-black, dyed with indigo; some are glazed with gum.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tobes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
