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Burnous   Listen
noun
Burnous, Burnoose  n.  
1.
A cloaklike garment and hood woven in one piece, worn by Arabs.
2.
A combination cloak and hood worn by women. (Variously written bournous, bernouse, bornous, etc)





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"Burnous" Quotes from Famous Books



... coloured, came across the stage. A number of Algerian Arabs strode through the square, with a long swinging gait. They were wearing blue turbans above the flowing white "haik" which fell back upon their shoulders, and the white burnous which reached to their ankles. They were dark, bearded men; one of them at least with the noble air of Othello, the Moor, ...
— The Soul of the War • Philip Gibbs
... distressed and tear-stained face. She seemed to have been overtaken by some great and unexpected grief. She was running and stumbling as she ran, talking to herself, exclaiming, gesticulating; her fair hair was in disorder and her shawl (the burnous and the mantle were unknown in those days) had slipped off her shoulders and was kept on by one pin. The girl was dressed like a young lady, ...
— Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories • Ivan Turgenev


Words linked to "Burnous" :   burnoose, cloak, burnouse


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