TURBAN

pillbox, toque, turban

(noun) a small round woman’s hat

turban

(noun) a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

turban (plural turbans)

A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.

A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim.

The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell.

Anagrams

• nut bar, nut-bar, nutbar, tanbur

Source: Wiktionary


Tur"ban, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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