Zanzibar mat

English

Noun

Zanzibar mat (plural Zanzibar mats)

1. A type of traditional Tanzanian woven mat, made from variously dyed plant fibres.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     Walking a few yards down this passage, which was lighted with lamps, we came to the entrance of a chamber having a curtain made of some grass material, not unlike a Zanzibar mat in appearance, hung over the doorway.