Kesh

British  

/ keɪʃ /

noun

1. the beard and uncut hair, covered by the turban, traditionally worn by Sikhs as a symbol of their religious and cultural loyalty, symbolizing the natural life See also five Ks

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Etymology

Origin of Kesh

Punjabi keś

Example Sentences

Jamie Loane, 27, from Derrybrick Road in Kesh, was fined £10,000.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2023

Mr Maskey, 70, had been interned at Long Kesh internment camp - later known as the Maze Prison - in December 1972.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2022

Soon afterward, a source close to the Irish Republican Army told him that a hunger strike was being planned within the walls of the detention center of Long Kesh.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2021

Library of America is releasing an expanded edition of the book, including a couple of “missing” chapters from a Kesh novel as well as a selection of essays from Le Guin.

From The Verge • Feb. 15, 2019

Thus she saw again the scene at her father's fatal feast to the Priest of Kesh, when Asti by her magic had caused the likeness of a monkey to come from the juggler's vase.

From Morning Star by Haggard, Henry Rider