Turban

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Turban \Tur"ban\ (t[^u]r"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 many Muslims
        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.
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     2. A kind of headdress worn by women.
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     3. (Zool.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  turban
       n 1: a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf
            wrapped around the head
       2: a small round woman's hat [syn: {pillbox}, {toque}]