marabou
any of three large storks of the genus Leptoptilus, of Africa or the East Indies, having soft, downy feathers under the wings and tail that are used for making a furlike trimming for women's hats and garments.
one of the feathers.
the trimming or material made of the feathers.
thrown silk that can be dyed without being scoured.
Origin of marabou
1- Also marabout.
Words Nearby marabou
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How to use marabou in a sentence
Louis Vuitton Marc Jacobs exhibition opens in Paris with cocktails and marabou.
A silky trench coat in a watercolor print, trimmed in turquoise marabou would have been at home at a Manhattan cocktail party.
Designer Duro Olowu Mixes Fashion and Art in Pop-Up Exhibition | Robin Givhan | February 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA common white stork hasn't half the solid gravity of an adjutant or a marabou.
This being the case, there is a proverb about cleanliness that makes one wonder why the marabou stork doesn't wash himself.
Her little thin fingers were stiff with rings, as though set in brilliants; and she held a white marabou fan in her hand.
The Hidden Force | Louis Couperus
Clouds hovered over us, delicate and fleecy as the feathers of the marabou, and white and curly as the feathers of the ostrich.
A Republic Without a President and Other Stories | Herbert WardAfter leaving the vley where the marabou were, we rode on and on across the shadeless, waterless, sun-baked plain.
A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland | Meg Gehrts
British Dictionary definitions for marabou
/ (ˈmærəˌbuː) /
a large black-and-white African carrion-eating stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus, with a very short naked neck and a straight heavy bill: See also adjutant bird
a down feather of this bird, used to trim garments
a fine white raw silk
fabric made of this
Origin of marabou
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