Fez
[fez] or [fɛz]
Definition
(noun.) a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown.
(noun.) a city in north central Morocco; religious center.
Checker: Newman--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A felt or cloth cap, usually red and having a tassel, -- a variety of the tarboosh. See Tarboosh.
Checked by Antoine
Definition
n. a red brimless cap of wool or felt fitting closely to the head with a tassel of black or blue worn in Turkey Egypt &c.—in Africa usually called tarbé¹²h.
Checked by Jo
Examples
- Some patriarchs wore awful turbans, but the grand mass of the infidel horde wore the fiery red skull-cap they call a fez. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I do not say that they do not howl at night, nor that they do not attack people who have not a red fez on their heads. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We passed a long column of loaded mules, the drivers walking along beside the mules wearing red fezzes. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When we came back from Tangier, in Africa, we were topped with fezzes of the bloodiest hue, hung with tassels like an Indian's scalp-lock. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Turbans, scimetars, fezzes, horse-pistols, tunics, sashes, baggy trowsers, yellow slippers--Oh, we were gorgeous! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typist: Zamenhof