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fezes

  • plural
    of fez.
    fez
    noun
    a felt cap, usually of a red color, having the shape of a truncated cone, and ornamented with a long black tassel, worn by men in Egypt and North Africa: formerly the national headdress of the Turks.

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During the American Civil War, swashbuckling soldiers known as “Zouaves” wore Turkish-style fezes with flowing tassels.

From Slate Oct. 8, 2012

All four were dressed in stiff Hungarian dolmans, long black pantaloons, and red fezes.

From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Mór Jókai

According to a report which reaches us the crews of the Goeben and Breslau are wearing a most curious garb, being clothed in Turkish fezes and breaches of neutrality.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914 by Various

With them were two officers in long grey cloaks and fezes.

From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

On approaching we discovered a detachment of Tirailleurs from Algiers, sitting in groups, and the "poppies" were the red fezes of the men--a gorgeous blending of crimson and gold.

From The White Road to Verdun by Kathleen Burke