Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tarboosh"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tarboosh \Tar*boosh"\, n. [Ar. tarb?sh; perhaps from Per.
sar-posh headdress: cf. F. tarbouch.]
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tarboosh
n : a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a
flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown
[syn: {fez}]
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