Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A hooded cloak worn especially by Arabs and Berbers.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of burnoose.
  • noun Plural form of burnou.

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  • noun a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French burnous, from Arabic burnus, from Greek birros, hooded cloak, from Late Latin birrus.]

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Examples

  • Presently the door opened, and a young man stood before them clothed in the rough camel-hair garment, or burnous, which is common in the East.

    The Brethren Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • Moreover, he was clad in a striped Abá-cloak and a burnous, with a steel cutlass by his side and similar gear, while valour shone from his eyes, testifying in favour of him and not in disfavour of him.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • It was a warm evening, butI had flung a great scarlet burnous with gold fringes over my shoulders, and for a moment, so as to enjoy the spectacle more fully, I stood up on our deck.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • It was a warm evening, butI had flung a great scarlet burnous with gold fringes over my shoulders, and for a moment, so as to enjoy the spectacle more fully, I stood up on our deck.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • It was a warm evening, butI had flung a great scarlet burnous with gold fringes over my shoulders, and for a moment, so as to enjoy the spectacle more fully, I stood up on our deck.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • Circus wearing burnous and shawls and elegant scarfs.

    The Imaginary Mistress 2007

  • It was a warm evening, butI had flung a great scarlet burnous with gold fringes over my shoulders, and for a moment, so as to enjoy the spectacle more fully, I stood up on our deck.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • Circus wearing burnous and shawls and elegant scarfs.

    The Imaginary Mistress 2007

  • It was a warm evening, butI had flung a great scarlet burnous with gold fringes over my shoulders, and for a moment, so as to enjoy the spectacle more fully, I stood up on our deck.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • She was running and stumbling as she ran, talking to herself, exclaiming, gesticulating; her fair hair was in disorder and her shawl (the burnous and the mantle were unknown in those days) had slipped off her shoulders and was kept on by one pin.

    Lieutenant Yergunov's Story 2006

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