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 The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Hichens, Robert (Robert Smythe)

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

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

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

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

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

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward