TARBOOSH

fez, tarboosh

(noun) a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tarboosh (plural tarbooshes)

A red felt or cloth cap with a tassel, worn in the Arab world; a fez.

Source: Wiktionary


Tar*boosh", n. Etym: [Ar. tarb; perhaps from Per. sar-posh headdress: cf. F. tarbouch.]

Definition: A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See Fez.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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