TURBANS

Noun

turbans

plural of turban

Anagrams

• nutbars, tanburs

Source: Wiktionary


TURBAN

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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