burnoose
Americannoun
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a hooded mantle or cloak, as that worn by Arabs.
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a similar garment worn by women at various periods in Europe and the United States.
Other Word Forms
- burnoosed adjective
- burnoused adjective
Etymology
Origin of burnoose
1685–95; < French burnous < dialectal Arabic burnūs < Greek bírros < Late Latin birrus birrus
Example Sentences
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Savaris and Spahis wearing the bright colored burnoose curbed their desert steeds upon the cobblestones of Rome.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he first dons the white burnoose of a princely Bedouin, he takes an almost womanish delight in his new finery.
From Time Magazine Archive
His magnificent "at home" wear this season includes $1,055 bead-encrusted beige-and-ginger-striped pajamas and a $1,700 gold-metallic chiffon burnoose with a jeweled bib.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thereupon, his patience unexhausted, he gathered up his burnoose, and with appropriate words, since the mountain would not come to him, he went to the mountain.
From Time Magazine Archive
She hid her mouth with her burnoose, turned from Timar, went into the cabin, and did not reappear till evening.
From Timar's Two Worlds by Jókai, Mór
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