Tar*boosh" (?), n. [Ar. tarbsh; 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.

 

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