sulhamn.
/ˈsʊlhɑːm/ A large Arab hooded cloak (properly distinguished from the burnous).
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1791 W. Lempriere Tour from Gibraltar ix. 229 They then were obliged to uncover their cap or turban..and to wear instead of the haick the sulam, which is a cloak made of white or blue woollen cloth.
1809 J. G. Jackson Acct. Empire of Marocco 138 The Berebbers wear drawers, and a cloak of dark blue cloth, called a Silham.
1817 J. Riley Narr. Loss Amer. Brig ‘Commerce’ 198 The cloak, or sulam, is made of coarse black cloth.
1891 H. Caine Scapegoat I. viii. 172 He drew from the folds of his selham a long knife.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 15 Jan. 5/1 The ladies..all wearing Moorish sulhams.
1907 F. Campbell Shepherd of Stars vi. 72 Strange faces look out from the jellab and sulham hoods.
1921 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 22/2 A ‘warm man’ of merchandise, with robes of a surpassing whiteness, rich cloth selham or burnous, and brilliant lemon-coloured slippers.
1951 W. Blunt Black Sunrise xvii. 201 After two or three courses Ismail took off his selham and haik.
1975 C. Calasibetta Fairchild's Dict. Fashion 64/1 Burnoose.., travelling cape..worn by Moors and Arabs in northern Africa. Also called a selham.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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