Sentence:  It consists, for men and women alike, of a ‘<WSD>tobe</WSD>,' or straight piece of cotton cloth (printed, or white with a crimson border), two breadths wide, and some twelve feet long, draped in graceful folds about the body, and fastened on the left shoulder. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A cotton garment worn in parts of northern Africa.