burnoose
Americannoun
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a hooded mantle or cloak, as that worn by Arabs.
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a similar garment worn by women at various periods in Europe and the United States.
Other Word Forms
- burnoosed adjective
- burnoused adjective
Etymology
Origin of burnoose
1685–95; < French burnous < dialectal Arabic burnūs < Greek bírros < Late Latin birrus birrus
Example Sentences
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Sean says he never played a Saudi Arabian ambassador before and he's worried about how he'll look in a burnoose.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Booth's burnoose could not disguise his lurching, hand-wringing acting.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a dervish whirl of partygoing, the Sultan doffed his white burnoose, slipped into hunting knickers for a shooting party at Marly-le-Roi where he bagged 76 pheasants, ten hares, two partridges.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prince Faisal, son of King Ibn Saud, wore a snow-white burnoose and golden head cord, maintained Mohammedan sobriety, but was not above spending an evening with his delegation at the circus in New York.
From Time Magazine Archive
He may live in Tangier for years, but he never learns to wear a burnoose, or forgets to put on the coat his tailor has sent him from home as the latest in fashion.
From The Rulers of the Mediterranean by Davis, Richard Harding
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