Tarboosh
/tɑːˈbuːʃ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A red felt or cloth cap with a tassel, worn in the Arab world; a fez.
"He went to the Pyramids and Syria, and there left his malady behind him, and returned with a fine beard, and a supply of tarbooshes and nargillies, with which he regales all his friends."
- 2 a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown wordnet
Example
More examples"The tarboosh, or fez, once a ubiquitous piece of headwear across the Middle East, has largely disappeared, but may be coming back in revised form."
Etymology
From Arabic طَرْبُوش (ṭarbūš).