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Webster 1913 Edition

Turban

Tur′ban

(tûr′ban)
,
Noun.
[OE.
turband
,
turbant
,
tolibant
, F.
turban
, It.
turbante
, Turk.
tulbend
,
dulbend
, fr. Per.
dulband
. Cf.
Tulip
.]
1.
A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by many Muslims of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck.
2.
A kind of headdress worn by women.
3.
(Zool.)
The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Turban

TUR'BAN

,
Noun.
A head dress worn by the orientals, consisting of a cap, and a sash of fine linen or taffeta artfully wound round it in plaits. The cap is red or green, roundish on the top, and quilted with cotton. The sash of the Turks is white linen; that of the Persians is red woolen.
1.
In conchology, the whole set of whirls of a shell.

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