turbann.
/ˈtəːbən/ 1.
a. A man's headdress, consisting of a length of cotton or silk wrapped round the head or a cap, worn esp. by Sikhs and Muslims.In quot. 1561 at α. , the tarboosh or fez as distinct from its wrapping.
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α.
β. 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 5 The Torbants are made in Diu.1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. xi. sig. L2v Old Cybele,..Wearing a Diademe embattild wide With hundred turrets, like a Turribant . View more context for this quotation1598 R. Haydocke tr. G. P. Lomazzo Tracte Artes Paintinge ii. 124 Some of them beare blewe turbantes;..the Iewes beare them yeallow.1599 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 169 With their turbents very white and cleane.1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 235 A Turkish turbant [Margin] or tolibante.a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iii. 6 The Gates of Monarches Are Arch'd so high, that Giants may iet through And keepe their impious Turbonds on. View more context for this quotation 1652Turband [see α. ]. 1662Turbants [see α. ]. 1688Turbat [see α. ]. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 427 They wear no Hat, Cap, nor Turbat, nor any thing to keep off the Sun.1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 161. ⁋9 Ignorance with a Turband upon her Head.1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 30 The King came in..with a Turbant on his Head, to which were fastned some Rings.1839 Col. Monteith in Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 10 162 Dressed in their blue clothes and white turbands.γ. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 117 Like a Dalmatian or Turkes cap, called Tulipan, Tolepan, Turban, and Turfan [see tulip n. 1].1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Turbine, a thing of linnen which the Turks weare on their heads.1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. iii. 78 There were also Turkish Turbanes, and Diadems of diuers fashions.1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant iii. 37 The turban worn in the Indies is commonly little.1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Turban, turbant, turband.1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 77 The size of the head is encreased by a great variety of bandages, formed into a turban.1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. lvii. 667 His ample turban was fashioned in the shape of a crown.1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 281 Oriental travellers, who exchange their hat for the turban, experience it to be a much cooler and more agreeable covering.1561 A. Jenkinson Early Voy. Russia & Persia (1886) I. 132 Upon his head was a tolipane with a sharpe end standing upwards halfe a yard long, of riche cloth of golde, wrapped about with a piece of India silke of twentie yards long, wrought with golde, and on the left side of his tolipane stood a plume of feathers.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xx. 108 Kinsemen of Mahomet..doe weare a green Tulbant.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. iv. 116 Their custome is to weare a Talbant high topped before.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 239 The Turke and Persian to weare great tolibants of ten, fifteene, and twentie elles of linnen a peece vpon their heads.
1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. viii. v. 325 They weare not vpon their head such a great roule of linnen as the Turkes do called Tolliban.
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 117 Like a Dalmatian or Turkes cap, called..Turban, and Turfan [see tulip n. 1].
1600 F. Pretty in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 821 Died linen cloth folded vp like vnto a Turkes Tuliban.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 160 On their heads they weare a blacke dulipan.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 201 Vpon his tombe lieth..a little Turkish tulipant, much differing from those great turbants which the Turkes now weare.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iii. xi. 255 With a great Tullipant on his head.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage iii. xiv. 267 These weare greene Tulipans, which colour none else may weare, and that onely on their head.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 174 A round globe, which in their tongue is called a Tulbent.
1650 R. Withers tr. O. Bon Descr. Grand Signor's Seraglio x. 137 (margin) The name of the stuff (as we call ours lawn cambrick, holland, &c.) is Telbent: whence we (falsly) call that which a Turk wears a Turbant, using the name of the stuff for the thing made up.
1652 H. L'Estrange Americans No Iewes 57 A Cap of linnen somewhat full like a Turk's Turband or Tulliband.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 314 The Coeffure of the Men, which they call Mendils, and the Turks, Tulbans, or Turbants, is made of Cotton cloath, or some silk Stuff,..of several Colours.
1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 40 in Trav. Persia A Dhul-bandt (which our Writers..erroneously call a Turbant).]
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iv. xi. 440/2 In Egypt the great Sultan used a Tulipant or Turbat made of three score or more elles of thin stuffe diuersely folded.
b. A symbol of Islam, or of Muslims.
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1610 G. Marcelline Triumphs King James 74 Go generous Race, go gather Laurels..chase the Turbants from those Provinces.
1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. v. 96 Their Emperour commanded only the Turbans to be beaten.
1693 tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely i. 13 The Turk..does not force the Transylvanians to take up the Turban.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea III. xiii. 85 As he refused to wear the turbant, his younger brother..offered himself in his stead.
1814 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II (ed. 7) ii. lxxix. 108 Though turbans now pollute Sophia's shrine, And Greece her very altars eyes in vain.
1878 L. Villari tr. P. Villari Life & Times Machiavelli (1898) I. iii. 160 I was better fitted for the turban than the cowl.
c. A figure or representation of a turban, e.g. on Muslim funeral monuments. Also in Heraldry.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of articles of clothing > [noun] > turban
turban1687
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 224 Five great Sepulchres, in one whereof a Basha is Interred, having his Turban cut in Marble, at one end of his Tomb.
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 29 May (1965) I. 362 They set up a pillar with a carv'd Turbant on the Top of it.
1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xiv. 233/2 A Turk..upon his Head a Turbant, Argent..with a Tassel upen the top, Gules.
1766 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elem. Heraldry (1787) 214 The Great-Turk bears over his arms a Turband..under two Coronets,..and the uppermost is surmounted with Crescents.
1844 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross (1846) II. xvii. 249 A cemetery, whose sculptured turbans showed that the neighbouring village was Moslem.
1876 A. J. Evans Through Bosnia iii. 93 A Turkish graveyard, with the usual turbaned tombstones—some of the turbans of majestic height.
d. The head-dress of the ancient Jewish high priest.
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turban1615
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > headgear > [noun] > turban
turban1615
1615 Bp. J. Hall Imprese of God i, in Recoll. Treat. 654 An honourable Motto; such as was written vpon the מצנפת the Turbant of the hy Priest, Holines to the Lord.
1885 Bible (R.V.) Exod. xxviii. 37 Upon the forefront of the mitre [margin. turban].
e. transferred and figurative. A head-dress, or a head of hair, likened to a turban.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > other specific styles of hair
roll1538
puff1601
Tuscan-top1602
cock-up1692
turban1727
bird's nest1730
rooter1840
coxcomb1843
roach1872
flop1900
Buster Brown1904
peppercorn1910
upsweep1946
bouffant1955
beehive1960
Prince Valiant1964
blow-dry1966
Mary Stuart1966
bouffy1970
Mohawk haircut1979
Mohican1983
fauxhawk2000
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 161 Obedience to Princes makes not for the Popes Triple Turbant.
1616 B. Jonson Epicœne i. i, in Wks. I. 533 A huge turbant of night-caps on his head, buckled ouer his eares. View more context for this quotation
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xiii. 152 A sanctified Rascal of 7 Foot high,..with a large Turband of his own Hair wreathed about his Head.
1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 429 The woolly head of the Negro; who, without that light and natural turban, would [etc.].
f. A headdress supposed to be worn by women of Eastern nations and Jewish women.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > turban > types of
tuck1505
pugree1665
turban1805
futah1853
turbanette1890
patka1902
1805–6 Campbell Turkish Lady vii ‘Captive! could the brightest jewel From my turban set thee free?’ ‘Lady, no!’
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. viii. 146 Her [sc. Rebecca's] form..was shewn to advantage by a sort of Eastern dress..Her turban of yellow silk suited well with the darkness of her complexion.
1835 Ladies' Cabinet Nov. 337 The Jewish style of coiffure, as copied from the daughters of Israel in their days of splendour, will be decidedly fashionable. We have seen already some turbans á l'Israelite,..that have been ordered by élegantes of high fashion.
g. Cookery. (See quot. 1909: perhaps only as French.)
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turban1846
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > other confections or sweet dishes
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alkermes1547
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Norfolk fool1623
fool1653
chocolate cream1702
meringue1706
steeple cream1747
trifle1755
snowball1769
sweet bread1777
marrangle1809
meteor1820
mimpins1820
Nesselrode1835
meringué1845
Swiss cream1845
turban1846
coconut cream1847
panforte1865
yokan1875
bombe1892
Eton mess1896
meringue Chantilly1901
streusel1909
rocky road1920
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stem ginger1922
dulce de leche1923
kissel1924
some-more1925
cream-crowdie1929
Pavlova cake1929
s'more1934
cranachan1946
sugar-on-snow1947
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Nanaimo1991
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1846 A. Soyer Gastron. Regenerator 514 Turban de Meringues glacé. Make a turban as directed in the last..fill the turban, at the moment of serving [etc.].
1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Turban,..5. Cookery, a drum-shaped case for entrées, fillets, etc.
2.
a. A head-dress made to resemble or suggest the eastern turban, worn by ladies in Europe and America during the late 18th and the earlier part of the 19th cent., and temporarily revived in 1908. Cf. turban-fold n. at Compounds 1a.
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wrapper1548
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Paris head1561
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oreillet1603
scoffion1604
coif1617
aigrette1631
egreta1645
drail1647
topknotc1686
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Burgundy1701
bandore1708
fly-cap1753
capriole1756
lappet-head1761
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Deely bobber1982
1776 Lady's Mag. Mar. 118/1 Ladies'..Hair..very..high..Turbans more the taste than caps.
1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. x. 325 Assuring her it [sc. the cap] was grown so old-fashioned, that not a lady's maid..would now be seen in it, she offered to pin her up a turban.
1823 Countess of Blessington Sketches & Fragm. 59 Went to the Opera: wore my tissue turban.
1835 Ladies' Cabinet Mar. 199 Hats and turbans are equally fashionable for ladies who do not dance.
1838 B. Disraeli Corr. with Sister (1886) 96 She was most becomingly dressed in a white turban of a very recherché construction.
1908 Paris Fashions 15 Feb. 6/2 The large ‘de Stael’ turbans, such as are seen in old pictures, are being worn at the theatre.
b. A style of hair-dressing for women.
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1909 Daily Graphic 13 Oct. 13/3 The up-to-date turban..is in a loose wave wound round with a plain strand of smooth hair.
1909 Daily Graphic 13 Oct. 13/3 The turban coiffure.
1909 Daily Graphic 25 Oct. 13/3 The Revived Turban. Hair draped round head in turban fashion.
3. A bright-coloured cloth worn as a head-dress by black people (esp. women) in the West Indies and southern U.S.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > head-cloth or -scarf > types of
volet1399
night-coverchiefa1427
night-kerchief?c1450
night-kercher1552
shade1706
fala1721
teresa1770
bird's eye?1775
doek1798
Madras handkerchief1808
Madras turban1818
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Madras1838
turban1839
rigolette1859
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1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. i. 4 Their black skins and snow-white linen being set off by their coloured turbans and large shawls.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xx. 49 Miss Ophelia found Topsy with her very best scarlet India Canton crape shawl wound round her head for a turban.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. iii. 65 A..negro..with a bird of Paradise in his turbant.
4. A small brimless hat, or round cap with closely turned up brim, worn, chiefly by women and children, since about 1850.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > having no brim
turban1862
turban hat1862
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Cossack hat1939
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > other
toque1505
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biggin1558
fool's cap1577
apex1578
blue capa1586
wishing-cap1600
Wantage cap1609
infernal1610
porringer1623
montera1626
montera cap1652
school cap1736
wing cap1775
balloon1784
balloon-cap1785
spider-cap1790
poke-fly cap1810
strap-cap1820
mandarin cap1835
porringer-cap1839
chechia1853
turban1862
mitre1877
turban-cap1881
half-cap1893
pillbox cap1897
Queen Mary hat1928
snap-back1937
songkok1960
pakul1982
18621 [see turban hat n. at Compounds 1a].
1865 Melton Hints on Hats 53 The boating-hat of straw; the ‘turban’, or ‘pork~pie’; the fishing-cap, [etc.].
5. Zoology. A name for certain species of echinoderms, esp. the genus Cidaris.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Echinoidea > order Cidaroidea > member of family Cidaridae > member of genus Cidaris
turban1713
turban-shell1753
piper1809
1713 J. Petiver Aquatilium Animalium Amboinæ Tab. viii Echinus S. Diadema Turcarum... Turks Turband.
1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 262/1 Fossil Echini... Subspheroidal species, more elevated than wide..(The Turbans). Example, Cidaris imperialis.
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a. The spire or whorl of a twisted univalve shell. rare.Taken to represent Latin turbo; but confounded with turban.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell > part of > spiral shell and parts
turben1669
turban1681
clavicle1774
spire1822
turbination1834
volution1884
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. vi. i. 125 A Shell like the Oriental, with a Knobed Turban or Whirle.
1686 Philos. Trans. 1685 (Royal Soc.) 15 1019 Fig. 3d. Represents the Shell in its true bigness,..there are six or seven spiral lines or Rounds in the Turban.
1815 W. Wood Gen. Conchol. I. Dict. Terms p. lx All the whirls, or spires, of a Univalve, taken collectively, are called the turban.
b. A mollusc of the genus Turbo.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Turbinidae > member of genus Turbo
turban1819
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ollycrock1961
1819 W. Turton Conchol. Dict. 198 Turbo petræus. Rock Turban.
7. Florist's name for cultivated varieties of Ranunculus; more fully Turk's turban.
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celandine1578
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Goldilocks1578
nigel1578
nigelweed1578
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peppergrass1587
golden cup1589
globe crowfoot1597
globeflower1597
winter aconite1597
kiss-me-twice-before-I-rise1664
devil-in-a-bush1722
globe ranunculus1731
turban1760
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love-in-a-puzzle1824
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golden knobs1835
ficary1848
New Year's gift1856
bishop wort1863
fennel-flower1863
golden ball1875
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 330 Turk's Turban, Ranunculus.
1882 Standard 6 Nov. 1/8 25 Ranunculi, scarlet turban. 25 Ranunculi, mixed turban.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. † turban grout-head n. Obsolete
turban-build n.
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1900 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 3/2 All toques, and especially those of tulle, had more or less the turban build.
turban-cap n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > other
toque1505
biggin1511
button cap1527
undercap1531
biggin1558
fool's cap1577
apex1578
blue capa1586
wishing-cap1600
Wantage cap1609
infernal1610
porringer1623
montera1626
montera cap1652
school cap1736
wing cap1775
balloon1784
balloon-cap1785
spider-cap1790
poke-fly cap1810
strap-cap1820
mandarin cap1835
porringer-cap1839
chechia1853
turban1862
mitre1877
turban-cap1881
half-cap1893
pillbox cap1897
Queen Mary hat1928
snap-back1937
songkok1960
pakul1982
1881 ‘Rita’ My Lady Coquette iii She's got a turban-cap to match it.
1900 S. J. Weyman Sophia x Sir Hervey's turban-cap and embroidered gown.
turban-cloth n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for veils or headgear
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1877 J. T. Beer Prophet of Nineveh i. 17 My leather wallet and best turban cloth.
turban encrinite n.
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1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 174 The vertebral column of the turban Encrinite.
turban-flower n.
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1841 R. Browning Pippa Passes Introd., in Bells & Pomegranates No. I 3/2 Fairies watch unroll Such turban flowers.
turban-fold n.
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turban1561
tuft1585
mandil1662
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1898 Daily News 31 May 6/4 Turban folds of tulle are worn in the evening..at the opera. In one instance the turban was in palest blue.
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1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 39 Those Turbanto grout-heads, that hang all men by the throates on Iron hookes.
turban hat n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > having no brim
turban1862
turban hat1862
pillbox1887
pillbox hat1893
Cossack hat1939
shapka1945
1862 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. 4 237/1 The velvet Turban Hats that are being worn by little boys.
1862 C. M. Yonge Countess Kate ix. 155 Sylvia's face was exposed by a little turban hat.
1909 Daily Graphic 20 Oct. 13/3 A swathed turban hat of pale blue velvet.
turban-roll n.
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1762 London Chron. XI. 167/3 The present Turband Roll, which is now wore round the Mecklenburgh caps.
turban style n.
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1909 Punch 10 Nov. 326/1 Women are in revolt against the ‘turban’ style of coiffure.
turban-wisp n.
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1899 Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 2/1 He..could doze in a tree like a crow (the turban-wisp passed round his body and tied to a branch steadied him from falling).
b.
turban-crested adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a turban
turbaned1591
tulipanted1634
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1894 M. Dyan All in Man's Keeping i The General's carriage, with its turban-crested servants.
turban-crowned adj.
turban-like adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > resembling turban
turban-shaped1776
turbanesque1893
turban-like1900
turbany1912
1900 Dundee Advertiser 16 Apr. 4 Stalwart Zouaves..in their richly embroidered jackets, wide trousers, and quaint turban-like headgear.
turban-shaped adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > resembling turban
turban-shaped1776
turbanesque1893
turban-like1900
turbany1912
1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) IV. 181 Fungi. Agaricus..convex hemispherical,..at length turban-shaped and viscid.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 738 The epiglottis..becoming enormously swollen and turban-shaped.
C2.
turban-eye n. a pillared eye, found in the males of some May-flies.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Ephemeroptera > family Ephemeridae > member of > pillared eye
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1907 Nature 4 Apr. 541/2 These turban-eyes are restricted to the males of these may-flies, which seek the females during flight in the gloaming.
turban gourd n. a variety of Cucurbita maxima: cf. turban squash n.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > gourd > [noun] > other gourds
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turban gourd1884
calabaza1970
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > gourd > other gourds
anguria1551
christophene1830
turban gourd1884
pie melon1907
1884 de Candolle's Orig. Cultiv. Pl. 250 The principal varieties of Cucurbita maxima are the great yellow gourd,..the Spanish, the turban gourd.
turban-lily n. the Siberian Lilium Pomponium, bearing deep-red spotted flowers and edible bulbs.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lilies
lily971
lily-flower1340
martagon1440
delucea1450
red lily1531
purple lily1578
mountain lily1597
gold lily1629
Turk's cap1672
turn-cap1688
Juno's rose1706
orange lily1731
Canada lily1771
Japan lily1813
tiger-lily1824
Annunciation lily1853
Easter lily1860
golden-rayed lily1865
scarlet martagon1867
Japanese lily1870
Madonna lily1877
Bermuda lily1882
thimble lily1883
panther lily1884
triplet lily1884
turban-lily1884
Mary-lily1893
tiger1901
leopard lily1902
lilium1902
swamp lily1902
Washington lily1911
Shasta lily1915
regal lily1916
regale1920
Oregon lily1925
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 78 Turban Lily, Lilium Pomponium.
turban-shell n. = 5, 6b.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Echinoidea > order Cidaroidea > member of family Cidaridae > member of genus Cidaris
turban1713
turban-shell1753
piper1809
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Turbinidae > member of genus Turbo
turban1819
turban-shell1895
ollycrock1961
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Turban-Shell, Cidaris,..the name of a genus of the echinodermata.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Turban~shell, a gastropod of the genus Turbo, or its shell.
turban squash n. a variety of squash or pumpkin in which the fleshy receptacle does not extend over the ovary, which therefore protrudes so as to resemble a turban (Webster, 1911).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > fruits as vegetables > pumpkin or squash
quash1668
turban squash1902
1902 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: R–Z 1713/1 The Turban Squashes..have a ‘Squash within a Squash’.
1949 National Geographic Mag. Aug. 162/2 Several years ago a North Dakota horticulturist bred a small variety of turban squash.
1981 Farmstead Mag. Winter 38/3 The last of the six types to be mentioned is the turban squash.
turban-stone n. a Muslim tombstone, a pillar having at the head the carved representation of a turban: cf. 1c.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [noun] > monuments of other specific shape
crossc1420
cippus1667
bust1746
turban-stone1872
1872 J. Fergusson Rude Stone Mon. x. 404 A headstone which, if it is not the turban-stone that is usually found in Turkish tombs of modern date, is most singularly like it.
turban swathe n. in hair-dressing: cf. 2b.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > other specific styles of hair > for women
cockernony1701
Madonna1829
Madonna braid1829
pompadour1872
marumage1880
marcel-waving1904
turban swathe1912
up-do1938
earphones1940
pageboy1976
1912 Daily News 13 Aug. 5 The imported ‘Turban swathe’ has had a very short run.
turban-top n. ? the Bishop's Mitre mushroom, Helvella Mitra.
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the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > other fungi
bolet1526
boletus1601
byssus1753
fly-fungus1822
turban-top1828
stilbid1846
empusa1856
Scotch bonnet1861
wolf's-milk1861
lizard's herb1866
fairy ring1870
Malta fungus1870
flowers of tan1882
mycorrhiza1886
fumago1887
milky cap1887
moss-gold1887
oomycete1889
razor strop fungus1893
club-fungusa1909
sulphur tuft1909
bolete1914
old man of the woods1972
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Turban-top, a plant of the genus Helvella; a kind of fungus or mushroom. Cyc.
turban toque n. see quot.
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1897 Westm. Gaz. 18 Feb. 3/1 The turban toque,..in form pertaining to the fez, is just encircled with twisted tulles and finished by some one note of height.
turban tumour n. Pathology a rare benign tumour, probably of sweat glands, that spreads over the scalp or thorax in grape-like clusters.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > tumour > benign tumours
adenoma1848
chondroma1860
enchondrosis1871
ecchondroma1890
fibro-adenoma1892
turban tumour1903
1903 H. Radcliffe-Crocker Dis. of Skin (ed. 3) II. viii. 961 Sarcoma Capitis, or Endothelioma Capitis (Turban tumours). A peculiar form of tumour, in rare instances attacks, and is limited to the hairy scalp; in extreme cases, covering the whole scalp like a wig.
1974 J. D. Maynard in R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery ix. 196 Turban tumour... These rare tumours are sub-epithelial basal cell carcinomas, usually of sweat-gland origin which grow steadily and slowly, without ulceration or metastasis, on the scalp, face and thorax.
Derivatives
turbaˈnesque adj. having the appearance of a turban.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > resembling turban
turban-shaped1776
turbanesque1893
turban-like1900
turbany1912
1893 National Observer 25 Feb. 361/1 Caps, too—Greek, Byzantine, turbanesque—are popular vanities.
turbaˈnette n. a diminutive turban.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > turban > types of
tuck1505
pugree1665
turban1805
futah1853
turbanette1890
patka1902
1890 A. Jessopp Trials Country Parson 64 Do you mean..that you will persist in sporting that emasculated felt turbanette?
ˈturbanless adj. without or destitute of a turban.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > of or relating to the top > having (a) top(s) > not
topless1596
uncrested1611
turbanless1840
crestless1889
1840 R. Browning Sordello i. 708 He Partook the poppy's red effrontery, Till Autumn spoiled their fleering quite with rain, And, turbanless, a coarse, brown, rattling crane Lay bare.
turbany adj. (also turbanny) resembling or suggestive of a turban.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > resembling turban
turban-shaped1776
turbanesque1893
turban-like1900
turbany1912
1912 A. Huxley Let. 13 May (1969) 42 The banner bearers..wear marvellous uniforms—usually consisting of a..sort of turbanny object or a cocked hat..white breeches and highly polished top-boots.
1924 E. Bowen in Spectator 5 July 11/1 Yes, but haven't you got any goldish sort of turbany thing?
ˈturbanwise adv. in the manner of a turban.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adverb] > in manner of a turban
turbanwise1882
1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis (1884) xiii. 142 Not turban~wise, but rather as if it were applied as a bandage for some cranial injury.
a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) iii. iii. 240 The hair..is worn turban-wise in a frizzled bush.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
turbanv.
/ˈtəːbən/ a. transitive. To envelop as or with a turban; also, to wind a cloth round (a cap).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > in or as in specific material
brat1570
ensindon1609
paper1683
repaper1785
turban1822
flax1860
burlap1908
plastic wrap1946
wire-wrap1957
shrink-wrap1969
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > headgear > other
bewimple1393
hoodc1420
hata1425
tire1539
bonnet1619
turban1822
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > swathe > a bandage, sash, etc.
swathe1656
bind1710
turban1822
1822 H. H. Milman Belshazzar 108 The wreaths, like mist, That turban thy dusk brow.
1851 G. W. Curtis Nile Notes xxv. 111 Long men and short, bald and grisly, capped and turbaned variously.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 109 Clouds turbaned the head of the giant [mountain], and hid it from our view.
1876 A. Arnold in Contemp. Rev. June 48 They wear skull-caps of felt, turbaned with cotton.
b. To wind in the form of a turban.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > make spiral or helical
snail1605
convert1782
to screw up1827
corkscrew1837
spiralize1851
turbana1861
spiral1876
a1861 T. Winthrop John Brent (1883) xvi. 151 A strip of old white blanket..was turbaned askew about his head.
1969 Daily Tel. 20 Jan. 11 A long white and cream silk scarf turbanned round the head and floating free.
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