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‖ tarboosh|tɑːˈbuːʃ| Also 8 tarpous, 9 tarboush, -bouch, -bush. [a. Arabic ṭarbūsh; so called in Egypt (Freytag); in F. tarbouch.] A cap of cloth or felt (almost always red) with a tassel (usually of blue silk) attached at the top, worn by Muslims either by itself or as part of the turban; the fez is the Turkish form.
1702W. J. tr. Bruyn's Voy. Levant xx. 91 This Tarpous, which serves the Women as a sort of a Head-dress, is a large Cap of Six or eight Quarters, made of Cloth of Gold. 1839Lane Arab. Nts. (1859) I. iv. 256 He took the turban with its tarboosh,..and kept them himself. Ibid. 288 note, The Tarboosh is a woollen skull-cap, of a deep blood-red colour, having a tassel of dark blue silk attached to the crown. It is worn by most Arabs of the higher and middle classes. 1884J. Colborne Hicks Pasha 105 The tarboosh, or fez—as it is called in Turkey—..is adopted by Mussulmans, as it allows for the fulfilment of the Mahommedan observance in prayer of touching the earth with the forehead. 1885A. Brassey Trades 291 Turks Islands derive their name from a beautiful scarlet cactus, in shape like a fez or tarbouch. Hence tarbooshed, tarbushed |-ˈbuːʃt| a. [-ed2], wearing a tarboosh.
1873Leland Egypt. Sketch-Bk. viii. 106 Through them tarbushed or turbaned and dark men peered curiously at the strangers. |