Puggeree

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

  Puggry \Pug"gry\, Puggree \Pug"gree\, n. [Written also
     {puggaree}, {puggeree}, etc.] [Hind. pag[.r]i turban.]
     A light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the
     head from the sun. [India] --Yule.
  
           A blue-gray felt hat with a gold puggaree. --Kipling.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]