fustanella

American  

[fuhs-tuh-nel-uh, foo-stuh-] / ˌfʌs təˈnɛl ə, ˌfu stə- /

Or fustinella

noun

1. a short stiff skirt, usually pleated, made of white cotton or linen, worn by men in some parts of the Balkans.

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fustanella British  

/ ˌfʌstəˈnɛlə /

noun

1. a white knee-length pleated skirt worn by men in Greece and Albania

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Etymology

Origin of fustanella

1840–50; < Italian < Modern Greek phoustanélla, diminutive of phoustáni woman's dress < Italian fustagno fustian

Example Sentences

The moving figure of a man, wearing the white fustanella, has the strange beauty of an Arab moving alone in the vast sands.

From Project Gutenberg

It consists of a red cap with dark blue tassel, a white shirt with wide sleeves, a vest and jacket, sometimes of velvet, handsomely adorned with gold or black braid, a belt in which various weapons are carried, a white kilt or fustanella of many folds, white hose tied with garters, and red leather shoes with pointed ends, from which a tassel depends.

From Project Gutenberg

The streets are narrow and irregular, the men mostly in European costume, with here and there a fustanella.

From Project Gutenberg

Her husband appeared in full Palicari dress, with an irrepproachable fustanella, and handsome jacket and leggings.

From Project Gutenberg

He wears a jacket, fustanella, and leggings, of the dirtiest possible white—a white which mocks at all washings, past and future.

From Project Gutenberg