Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An outer garment made of a coarse woolen fabric, worn by men in the Barbary States, throughout northwestern Africa, and in Arabia.
- noun Hence A garment worn by women in Europe and the United States at different times since 1850.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A cloaklike garment and hood woven in one piece, worn by Arabs.
- noun A combination cloak and hood worn by women.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A thick hooded
cloak worn throughout the Arab world and North Africa.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors
Etymologies
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Examples
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On going, at his earnest request, to speak to him at the gate, he communicated to me the interesting fact that the stranger in the burnoose was a young chim, who had resided in his family in Senegal for some twelve months, and who had accompanied him to England.
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Eir waited beside the trench, clutching a burnoose full of enspelled dragon-blood jewels.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Eir waited beside the trench, clutching a burnoose full of enspelled dragon-blood jewels.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Would you pause to think about the 2-pound belt around your burnoose before running to the light?
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Eir waited beside the trench, clutching a burnoose full of enspelled dragon-blood jewels.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Eir waited beside the trench, clutching a burnoose full of enspelled dragon-blood jewels.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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When the members of the Commission arrive in Palestine, they are shocked to find leaflets circulating among the Arabs showing Ernst Röhm in an Arab robe and burnoose, trampling Jews underfoot.
DBTL 55: Palestine 1932 - 1945 Johnny Pez 2010
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He wore sandals and a burnoose, obscuring his visage, and not one item of government-issue clothing.
Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010
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He wore sandals and a burnoose, obscuring his visage, and not one item of government-issue clothing.
Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010
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As they drive on, the gunner trains his scope's cross on a still breathing but disemboweled donkey lying in the rubble, and an old man in a burnoose sitting impassively at an outdoor card table, across from a player whose brains are dripping out of his bowed head.
Nina Burleigh: Israel and Iran Trump Michael Moore at Venice 2009
azd commented on the word burnoose
or burnouse
February 23, 2007
sera commented on the word burnoose
"A long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors"
August 13, 2007