burnous

burnouse or US burnoose

/ (bɜːˈnuːs, -ˈnuːz) /

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noun

a long circular cloak with a hood attached, worn esp by Arabs

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Derived forms of burnous

burnoused or US burnoosed, adjective

Word Origin for burnous

C17: via French burnous from Arabic burnus, from Greek birros cloak

Words nearby burnous

burn off, burn one's bridges, burn oneself out, burn one's fingers, burnoose, burnous, burnout, burn pit, burn rate, burn rubber, Burns

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How to use burnous in a sentence

The Maker of Sounds was garbed in an all-enveloping white burnous and a white skull cap.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays|Various
He put out his hand to detain her, for she had thrown on her cloak and was winding the burnous about her head.
Flamsted quarries|Mary E. Waller
The girl wrapped her in it, adjusted the burnous, that had fallen from her head, and went with her to the door.
Flamsted quarries|Mary E. Waller
He danced about the room, in his blue burnous and red tarbush, looking more like a howling dervish than a tempestuous Petticoat.
Ptomaine Street|Carolyn Wells

A Folly (to a highly respectable Bedouin in a burnous and gold spectacles).
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 102, April 23, 1892|Various