rumal

[ roo-mahl, roo-mahl ]

noun

1. a kerchief worn as a headdress by men in India.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rumal¹

1700–10; < Urdu < Persian rūmāl, equivalent to rū face + māl wiping

Example Sentences

Related: Gil Scott-Heron, my brave and brilliant friend At the concert, Kweli will be joined by actor and broadcaster Craig Charles, reggae band Aswad, Liverpool pop-soul group the Christians, who had a hit in 1993 with a cover of Scott-Heron’s 1974 popular single The Bottle, his protege Abdul Malik Al Nasir, his son Rumal Rackley and guest of honour Ndaba Mandela, grandson of Nelson.

From The Guardian

When they were caught at last, and had to answer before justice, most of these knights of the rumal—the handkerchief with which the operation of strangling was performed—proved to be Mussulmans.

From Project Gutenberg

Before this final initiation the candidates had to undergo a course of schooling, the most difficult part of which was a certain trick of throwing the rumal on the neck of the unsuspecting victim and strangling him, so that death might be instantaneous.

From Project Gutenberg

The result of it was the knighthood of the rumal.

From Project Gutenberg

To show his gratitude he offered to demonstrate all the preliminary sensation of the rumal on any English or American neck that was willing.

From Project Gutenberg