单词 | burka |
释义 | burkan.1 A long enveloping garment worn in public places by Muslim women to screen them from the view of men and strangers. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for head and body > [noun] huke1630 haik1713 feridgi1717 burka1836 anorak1874 paranja1928 buibui1929 purdah1954 jilbab1972 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians I. i. 51 The boor′cko’, or face-veil, which is a long strip of white muslin, concealing the whole of the face except the eyes, and reaching nearly to the feet. 1888 R. Kipling Beyond Pale in Plain Tales from Hills 149 He went..clad in a boorka, which cloaks a man as well as a woman. 1905 W. H. Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism I. 386 His pleadings to be allowed to satisfy his eyes as to the features hidden under the black burko. 1905 Daily Chron. 16 Nov. 5/4 The Begum was clothed in strictest purdah costume, and wore a burka. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. May 755/1 A burka with netted eyeholes. 1929 Daily Express 15 Jan. 1/1 The Queen [of Afghanistan] is wearing the boorka—a heavy shapeless garment which effectually hides her beauty. 1955 G. Band Road to Rakaposhi x. 119 Their gay red and yellow burqas, which cover the wearer from head to foot and permit only a latticed window before the eyes, made a brilliant patch of colour. 1959 Times 21 Sept. 13/4 The bourkhas which veiled the students from top to toe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). burkan.2 A long Caucasian cloak of felt or goat's hair. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > made of specific material pallOE rug1591 matchcoat1612 abolla1700 kaross1731 buffalo-robe1804 posteen1815 korowai1820 izar1836 buffalo1840 thatch-cloak1844 parawai1847 kaitaka1882 muzhik1897 burka1898 suba1911 1898 J. T. Bealby & E. H. Hearn tr. S. Hedin Through Asia I. viii. 103 A Caucasian burkha (cloak or mantle). 1916 J. Y. Simpson Self-discov. Russia 138 Caucasian Cossack officers with..black burka sweeping behind them. 1924 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 180/2 The ample folds of the ankle-long burqa. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 299/1 Broad-built men, like giants in their hairy boorkas and astrakhan caps. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11836n.21898 |
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