reboso

[ ri-boh-soh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural re·bo·sos.

Lupe, her face shrouded in her reboso, leans over and whispers.

The reboso, or shawl, is a useful article of clothing of the women of this class.

She tossed her free foot, and played with the fringe of her reboso.

Old Anita, watching from the shadows of the eating room beyond, put her reboso over her head and rocked in silent grief.

As he spoke, he raised the reboso, and gently drew back her long black hair.

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