Category:Turban

Tur"ban, n. Etym: [oe. turband, turbant, tolibant, f. turban, it. Turbante, turk. tulbend, dulbend, fr. Per. dulband. Cf. Tulip.]

1. A headdress worn by men in the levant and by most mohammedans of The male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, Usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes Hanging down the neck.

2. A kind of headdress worn by women.

3. (zoöl.)

Defn: the whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.