tarboosh
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tar·boosh
also tar·bush (tär-bo͞osh′)n.
See fez.
[Modern colloquial Arabic ṭarbūš, perhaps from Spanish traposo, ragged, or trapucho, old rag, worthless item of clothing (perhaps used as a slang term for the tarboosh, the typical male headwear of the Maghreb, by Moriscos who settled in the Maghreb after their expulsion from Spain in the 1600s) , from trapo, rag, from Late Latin drappus, cloth, perhaps of Gaulish origin.]
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tarboosh
(tɑːˈbuːʃ) ,tarbush
ortarbouche
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a felt or cloth brimless cap resembling the fez, usually red and often with a silk tassel, worn alone or as part of a turban by Muslim men
[C18: from Arabic tarbūsh]
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tar•boosh
or tar•bush
(tɑrˈbuʃ)n.
a tasseled felt or cloth hat resembling a fez, worn by Muslim men.
[1695–1705; < Arabic ṭarbūsh < Ottoman Turkish terposh, probably < Persian sarposh headdress (sar head + pūsh covering), by association with Turkish ter sweat]
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| Noun | 1. |  tarboosh - a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crowncap - a tight-fitting headdress |
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