yaboo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian یَابُو (yābū).
Noun
yaboo (plural yaboos)
- (archaic) An Afghan pony used as a beast of burden.
- 1938, Walter Claremartin, Golden Hour of Guchee:
- Then Kara Yussuf rolled up his portable city; packed kajavaks of provisions on camels and yaboos