Definitions for caftan

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caftan caf·tan

Spelling: [kaf-tan, kaf-tan]

IPA: /ˈkæf tæn, kæfˈtæn/

Caftan is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in caftan (aacfnt).

Definitions for caftan

noun

1. a long garment having long sleeves and tied at the waist by a girdle, worn under a coat in the Middle East.
2. a long, full, usually collarless robe with wide sleeves that is worn at home for lounging or entertaining or at the beach as a cover-up.

Origin of caftan

1585-95; Russian kaftán Turkish Persian qaftān

Examples for caftan

The guard disappeared; and the caftan falling to the ground, revealed Honain.

Out of respect for the latter he had not removed his caftan.

He went to the monastery school as a Jew, in caftan and curls.

The Sultan had plainly written to him that he was to wear this caftan.

She wore a long Persian caftan that reached to her ankles and defined rather than veiled her shapely figure.

He was particular about his dress, and wore his caftan about a span shorter than any one else.

Here the old lady chuckled rather cynically, and wrapping her caftan around her, stalked out of the room.

With that he withdrew, having hid the money in the folds of his caftan.

Dmitri was seized, his royal garments were torn off, and the caftan of a pastry-cook was placed upon him.

Then the old man pushed up the sleeves of his caftan, like one who prepares to execute a masterstroke.