burnous
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Origin of burnous
C17: via French burnous from Arabic burnus , from Greek birros cloak
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At the second stairway he threw aside his burnous and sword; once more he looked at the garden, as if he were sorry to leave the moonlight behind, and entered the temple.
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Curtin, Jeremiah
I was just about to fall asleep when I felt a gentle pull at my burnous.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
The crowd is crushing round a tall, pale, proud, local man dressed in a black burnous.
From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse
With that he threw the mare on her haunches, stood up in the stirrups, waved his burnous, uttered a cry and rode away, in a cloud of graceful gestures.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis
The girl wrapped her in it, adjusted the burnous, that had fallen from her head, and went with her to the door.
From Flamsted quarries by Nelson, G. Patrick
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