turban
noun
a man's headdress worn chiefly by Muslims in southern Asia, consisting of a long cloth of silk, linen, cotton, etc., wound either about a cap or directly around the head.
turban-like
-
a word derived from
turban.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Schrade spent 10 days in a hospital, speaking to reporters from his bed with his head in a turban-like wrap.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
She wore a turban-like headpiece, made of dozens of fabric strips and squares in many patterns, wrapped, knotted and stitched.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2021
The style of her dress changed, at the moment of going into purple as "second mourning" for Peter, and became oriental, even to the turban-like shape of her hats, and the design of her jewellery.
From It Happened in Egypt by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
She wore a tiger skin motor-coat, and a little, close-fitting, turban-like cap of the same.
From The Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer
Next to her was an old woman in a sleazy black dress with a turban-like hat all swathed with a long black veil hemmed with black.
From Stubble by George Looms
