Defn: A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and often covered. [Oriental]
The araba of the Turks has its sides of latticework to admit the air
Balfour (Cyc. of India).
ARABESQUE
Ar`a*besque", n. Etym: [F. arabesque, fr. It. arabesco, fr. Arabo
Arab.]
Defn: A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.
Note: It was employed in Roman imperial ornamentation, and appeared,
without the animal figures, in Moorish and Arabic decorative art.
(See Moresque.) The arabesques of the Renaissance were founded on
Greco-Roman work.
ARABESQUE
Ar`a*besque", a.
1. Arabian. [Obs.]
2. Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.
ARABESQUED
Ar`a*besqued", a.
Defn: Ornamented in the style of arabesques.