1A distinctive East African striped cloth with an end fringe.
基科伊棉布（一种东部非洲特色条纹布，一端有缘饰）
Example sentencesExamples
A kikoi - a stripy piece of cotton cloth from Kenya - but a sarong or some such would do as well.
Kenya stands to lose the name Kikoi, associated with locally made fabrics.
1.1count nounA garment made of kikoi, worn around the waist.
用该布做的衣物（围在腰间）
Example sentencesExamples
Men wore a striped cloth (kikoi) around the waist that hung to the knees.
Folded into a narrow strip, our traditional Tanzanian sarong (or ‘kikoi’) makes an ideal central dressing for the refectory table; with this in place as an ‘inspiration piece’, the ideas fairly flow from us.
He tucked it into a kikoi wrapped round his waist.
The wind blows huge squalls of fine grey sand everywhere, so kikois (large cotton scarves) are wrapped around our heads, Lawrence of Arabia style.
Origin
Kiswahili.
Definition of kikoi in US English:
kikoi
nounkɪˈkɔɪkiˈkoi
1A distinctive East African striped cloth with an end fringe.
基科伊棉布（一种东部非洲特色条纹布，一端有缘饰）
Example sentencesExamples
Kenya stands to lose the name Kikoi, associated with locally made fabrics.
A kikoi - a stripy piece of cotton cloth from Kenya - but a sarong or some such would do as well.
1.1A garment made of kikoi, worn around the waist.
用该布做的衣物（围在腰间）
Example sentencesExamples
The wind blows huge squalls of fine grey sand everywhere, so kikois (large cotton scarves) are wrapped around our heads, Lawrence of Arabia style.
Folded into a narrow strip, our traditional Tanzanian sarong (or ‘kikoi’) makes an ideal central dressing for the refectory table; with this in place as an ‘inspiration piece’, the ideas fairly flow from us.
He tucked it into a kikoi wrapped round his waist.
Men wore a striped cloth (kikoi) around the waist that hung to the knees.