rebozo
noun
re·bo·zo ri-ˈbō-(ˌ)zō 
-(ˌ)sō
plural rebozos
: a long scarf worn chiefly by Mexican women
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Days after her grandmother died, Guzman slept in an unwashed rebozo (shawl) of hers. 
Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2022 In the Yucatán Bonato had worked with local artisans on textiles, leather bags and traditional rebozo scarves. Jay Cheshes, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022 Her reimagination of the painter's green dress, with a red rebozo shawl, is among the many costumes going on display at the Academy Museum. CNN, 16 July 2021
Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2022 In the Yucatán Bonato had worked with local artisans on textiles, leather bags and traditional rebozo scarves. Jay Cheshes, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022 Her reimagination of the painter's green dress, with a red rebozo shawl, is among the many costumes going on display at the Academy Museum. CNN, 16 July 2021 Word History
Etymology
Spanish, shawl, from rebozar to muffle, alteration of embozar to muffle, probably from Vulgar Latin *imbucciare, from Latin in- + bucca cheek
First Known Use
1807, in the meaning defined above
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