fustanella

or fus·ti·nel·la

[ fuhs-tuh-nel-uh, foo-stuh- ]

noun
  1. a short stiff skirt, usually pleated, made of white cotton or linen, worn by men in some parts of the Balkans.

Origin of fustanella

1
1840–50; <Italian <Modern Greek phoustanélla, diminutive of phoustáni woman's dress <Italian fustagnofustian

Words Nearby 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 Hichens
  • The 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 Howe
  • Her husband appeared in full Palicari dress, with an irrepproachable fustanella, and handsome jacket and leggings.

    From the Oak to the Olive | Julia Ward Howe
  • He 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

fustanella

fustanelle

/ (ˌfʌstəˈnɛlə) /


noun
  1. a white knee-length pleated skirt worn by men in Greece and Albania

Origin of fustanella

1
C19: from Italian, from Modern Greek phoustani, probably from Italian fustagno fustian

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