burnoose
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- noun
- /bərˈnuːs/
- Archaic
:
burnús
- Children dressed in colorful burnooses played joyfully in the marketplace.
Examples
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She admired the intricate patterns on her new burnoose as she prepared for the festival.
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Luther places a burnoose on his head.
Fiction book (1998) -
I was dressed in a silk burnoose; they put varnished shoes on my feet.
Fiction book (1998) -
Upon his return from the Syrian campaign, he was offered a red burnoose and was appointed Caid.
Fiction book (1998) -
Looks like a burnoose.
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"Good question," says the police inspector as he gets up off the rug and smooths out the wrinkles in his burnoose.
Fiction book (2002) -
Then he recalls what was said to him one time regarding this station: it's something like bou bournous, the man with the burnoose, that large cloak the Bedouins wear.
Fiction book (2001) -
Except for olive-drab trousers and parachutist's boots, he wore Berber attire, robes, and a burnoose.
Fiction book (2000) -
Of course, the guy is tall, enormous even, with a big beard covering his face, and flashing eyes, and regardless of the heat he's stuffed inside a thick burnoose of camel hair with a sawed-off shotgun concealed inside.
Fiction book (1998) -
The man wore a long, flowing burnoose to protect himself from the desert winds.
Synonyms
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A long coat with a hood that you pull over your head
A long hooded wool cloak worn in North Africa
A long hooded wool cloak that people wear in North Africa and the Middle East
A long loose robe with a hood worn in North Africa
A long loose robe with a hood that people wear in North Africa and the Middle East
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Etymology
Burnoose comes from the Arabic word burnūs, itself from a North African language, and originally meant a 'long, hooded cloak' worn in the desert. So today a burnoose still means that same long cloak with a hood.