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tarboosh

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tar·boosh also tar·bush  (tär-bsh)
n.
A brimless, usually red felt cap with a silk tassel, worn by some Middle Eastern Muslim men, either by itself or as the base of a turban.
[Egyptian Arabic arb, from Turkish terposh, probably from Persian sarpsh, headdress : sar, head; see ker-1 in Indo-European roots + psh-, to don.]
tarboosh
Noun
a felt or cloth brimless cap, usually red and often with a silk tassel, formerly worn by Muslim men [Arabic tarbūsh]
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Noun1.tarbooshtarboosh - a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown
fez
cap - a tight-fitting headdress


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Just before he was due Athelny routed out an Egyptian tarboosh and insisted on putting it on.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
A Turkish officer with an immense plume of feathers (the Janizaries were supposed to be still in existence, and the tarboosh had not as yet displaced the ancient and majestic head-dress of the true believers) was seen couched on a divan, and making believe to puff at a narghile, in which, however, for the sake of the ladies, only a fragrant pastille was allowed to smoke.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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