burnous
Britishnoun
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Etymology
Origin of burnous
C17: via French burnous from Arabic burnus , from Greek birros cloak
Example Sentences
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A dozen leaders, each in their burnous, are squatting all around the room, a large pipe and small fine filigreed eggcup full of coffee to hand.
From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse
The crowd is crushing round a tall, pale, proud, local man dressed in a black burnous.
From Letters from my Windmill by Daudet, Alphonse
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
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
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
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