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turban


1. A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck.

2. A kind of headdress worn by women.

3. <zoology> The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.

Origin: OE. Turband, turbant, tolibant, F. Turban, It. Turbante, Turk. Tulbend, dulbend, fr. Per. Dulband. Cf. Tulip.

Source: Websters Dictionary