fustanella
or fus·ti·nel·la
a short stiff skirt, usually pleated, made of white cotton or linen, worn by men in some parts of the Balkans.
Origin of fustanella
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How to use fustanella in a sentence
The moving figure of a man, wearing the white fustanella, has the strange beauty of an Arab moving alone in the vast sands.
The Near East | Robert HichensThe streets are narrow and irregular, the men mostly in European costume, with here and there a fustanella.
From the Oak to the Olive | Julia Ward HoweHer husband appeared in full Palicari dress, with an irrepproachable fustanella, and handsome jacket and leggings.
From the Oak to the Olive | Julia Ward HoweHe cannot work because he wears the fustanella, and it is said that he wears the fustanella in order to be unable to work.
Through the Land of the Serb | Mary Edith Durham
British Dictionary definitions for fustanella
fustanelle
/ (ˌfʌstəˈnɛlə) /
a white knee-length pleated skirt worn by men in Greece and Albania
Origin of fustanella
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