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Webster 1913 Edition


Tarboosh

Tar-boosh′

,
Noun.
[Ar.
tarb[GREEK]sh
; perhaps from Per.
sar-posh
headdress: cf. F.
tarbouch
.]
A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See
Fez
.