Burnoose

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A hooded cloak worn especially by Arabs and Berbers.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A thick hooded cloak worn throughout the Arab world and North Africa.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A cloaklike garment and hood woven in one piece, worn by Arabs.
  • n. A combination cloak and hood worn by women.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An outer garment made of a coarse woolen fabric, worn by men in the Barbary States, throughout northwestern Africa, and in Arabia.
  • n. Hence A garment worn by women in Europe and the United States at different times since 1850.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors
  • Equivalent
    burnous   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cloak   
    Variant
    bournous    bernouse    bornous   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    djellaba    euph    octopi    tarboosh    sari    burnous    caftan    fez    loincloth    lapful