Definitions for tarbooshes

tarbooshes tar·boosh

Spelling: [tahr-boosh]
IPA: /tɑrˈbuʃ/

Tarbooshes is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 777 anagrams from letters in tarbooshes (abehoorsst).

Definitions for tarbooshes

noun

  1. a tasseled cap of cloth or felt, usually red, that is worn by Muslim men either by itself or as the inner part of the turban.

Origin of tarbooshes

1695-1705; Arabic ṭarbūsh Ottoman Turkish terposh, probably Persian sarposh headdress (equivalent to sar head + pūsh covering), by association with Turkish ter sweat

Examples for tarbooshes

tarboosh, Tarbouche, tr-boosh′, n. a red cap with dark tassel worn by Moslem men.

The enemy soon appeared, rather grubby, in a tarboosh and a scrubby European overcoat.

Harry himself was dressed in a linen suit of European cut, with a tarboosh or red cap on his head, with a turban twisted round it.

His colorful costume had given way to European clothes, except for a tarboosh.

The man who came in was naked, save for a tarboosh on his head and a loin-cloth about his middle.

The predominence of the tarboosh in the streets added to the brightness of the scene.

In three parties of two, each accompanied by an Arab dressed in European clothes, but wearing a tarboosh, they left the hotel.

There were two figures in English dress, though one wore the tarboosh.

Wound about his tarboosh or fez was a bright green cufia, signifying that the wearer had made the pilgrimage to Holy Mecca.

Word Value for tarbooshes
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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