burnous
Britishnoun
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Etymology
Origin of burnous
C17: via French burnous from Arabic burnus , from Greek birros cloak
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The Maker of Sounds was garbed in an all-enveloping white burnous and a white skull cap.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
This action hastened the climax, for his burnous caught on the button of Colonel Carrington’s coat and fell to the ground.
From The River of Darkness, or, Under Africa by William Murray Graydon
The limbs their wonted tasks refuse; The eyes are glazed, thou canst not speak; And whiter than thy white burnous That wasted cheek!
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold
She is the cynosure of all eyes as she goes to swim in a rose-colored maillot, with an orange-and-gold Eastern burnous flung about her artistically.
From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida
Drops of sweat coursed down his bare arms and his mighty chest, from which his ragged burnous was drawn partially away.
From The Desert Drum 1905 by Robert Smythe Hichens
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