Hypertext Webster Gateway: "turban"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Turban \Tur"ban\, n. [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. (Zo["o]l.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
turban
n 1: a traditional Moslem headdress consisting of a long scarf
wrapped around the head
2: a small round woman's hat [syn: {pillbox}, {toque}]
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