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turban |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Turban \Tur"ban\, n. [OE. turband, turbant, tolibant F. turban, It turbante, Turk. tulbend dulbend fr Per. dulband Cf {Tulip}.] 1. A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck. 2. A kind of headdress worn by women. 3. (Zo["o]l.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: turban n 1: a traditional Moslem headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head 2: a small round hat worn by women [syn: {pillbox}, {toque}]
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