Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Araba \A*ra"ba\, n. [Written also {aroba} and {arba}.] [Ar. or
   Turk. 'arabah: cf. Russ. arba.]
   A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and often
   covered. [Oriental]

         The araba of the Turks has its sides of latticework to
         admit the air                            --Balfour
                                                  (Cyc. of
                                                  India).