Turban
['tɜːb(ə)n] or ['tɝbən]
Definition
(noun.) a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head.
Checked by Flossie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A kind of headdress worn by women.
(n.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.
Inputed by Eunice
Definition
n. a head-covering worn by Eastern nations consisting of a cap with a sash wound round it: a circular head-dress worn by ladies: the whole whorls of a shell.—n. Tur′band (Shak.) a turban.—adj. Tur′baned wearing a turban.
Checker: Ronnie
Examples
- He brought a native servant with him, who was his valet and pipe-bearer and who wore the Sedley crest in silver on his turban. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Come away, both of you; and you may laugh at the old lady as much as you please, but, for my part, I shall take charge of the bandbox and turban. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mr. Pickwick, do you see the old lady in the gauze turban? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Outlandish, too, she said, marking the dress and turban of Rebecca--What country art thou of? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Her turban of yellow silk suited well with the darkness of her complexion. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Should it be a comforter or a turban? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mrs. Nupkins was a majestic female in a pink gauze turban and a light brown wig. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Don't you see that creature with a yellow thing in her turban, and a red satin gown, and a great watch? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A crimson velvet robe, and a shawl turban of some gold-wrought Indian fabric, invested her (I suppose she thought) with a truly imperial dignity. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I will tell you in your private ear, replied she, wagging her turban three times with portentous significancy. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She is dreadfully ignorant or indifferent, said Mrs. Glowry with a voice as if from the grave, and a sad shake of the head and turban. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- 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.
- Talking of sky-blue turbans, I wish you had been with us the other evening. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Turbans, scimetars, fezzes, horse-pistols, tunics, sashes, baggy trowsers, yellow slippers--Oh, we were gorgeous! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Pierre