sarafann.
/ˈsarəfan/ A long mantle, veil, or sleeveless cloak, forming part of the national dress of Russian peasant women.
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1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. 366 The quality of the saraphan is various according to circumstances.
1833 R. Pinkerton Russia 301 A ribbon, which reaches to the hem of their sarafan.
1855 Englishw. in Russia 28 The national dress, the sarafane, which was generally of..blue or red cotton, having no bodice.
1896 Daily Tel. 27 May 7/1 The Grand Duchesses..wore..the..national veil or scarf, called sarafan.
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