tarboosh
noun
a tasseled cap of cloth or felt, usually red, that is worn by Muslim men either by itself or as the inner part of the turban.
tarbush
-
a variation of
tarboosh.
Example Sentences
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He no longer wears the peasant costume he used when playing the role of latter-day god, appears instead in a dirty white silk suit, two-toned shoes, a striped silk shirt and a shining tarbush.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wore a dirty tarbush; his clothes were made of rough canvas, and he looked very much like the fireman of an engine.
From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by F. R. Wingate
The Sudani feels far more terror at this sound than he ever felt at the sight of the Egyptian officials' red tarbush.
From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by F. R. Wingate
He was dressed in a light grey suit, and wore the tarbush.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Robert Smythe Hichens
The principal elements of the plant associations in which the turtles were found were creosote bush, yucca, mesquite, juniper, tarbush, and grasses.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler
