Kesh

British  

/ keɪʃ /

noun

1. the beard and uncut hair, covered by the turban, traditionally worn by Sikhs as a symbol of their religious and cultural loyalty, symbolizing the natural life See also five Ks

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Etymology

Origin of Kesh

Punjabi keś

Example Sentences

Bobby Sands was the IRA prisoner who secured election as an MP in 1981, before dying on hunger strike inside the Maze Long Kesh prison.

From BBC • May 7, 2022

Introduced to the book by a friend when it was first published — accompanied by a cassette of music from the Kesh people — I finally read it recently.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021

Library of America is releasing an expanded edition of the book, including a couple of “missing” chapters from a Kesh novel as well as a selection of essays from Le Guin.

From The Verge • Feb. 15, 2019

In his message, PUP leader Billy Hutchinson said the party was "born out of a determination of loyalist leaders in Long Kesh to move away from the futility of conflict".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2017

There they lay prepared for battle, for spies had reported to them that the general, Rames, Lord of Kesh, was advancing northward swiftly, though with so small an army that it could easily be destroyed.

From Morning Star by Haggard, Henry Rider