comboy

English

Noun

comboy (plural comboys)

1. (obsolete) A kind of skirt or kilt of white calico, worn by the Sinhalese in the manner of a sarong.
   • 1870, Mission Life; Or Home and Foreign Church Work, page 203:

     There you may see the effeminate-looking Singhalese, with their long hair, tortoiseshell combs, and tight petticoats or "comboys," the national dress since the days of old Robert Knox […]

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “comboy”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Spanish

Noun

comboy m (plural comboyes)

1. convoy