burnoose
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French burnous, from Arabic بُرْنُس (burnus).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɝˈnus/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɜːˈnuːs/
Noun
burnoose (plural burnooses)
- A thick hooded cloak worn by Berbers and Arabs in Northwest Africa.
- 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Dancing Girl of Sidi Aissa”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 91:
- “I caught only a glimpse of an Arab in a dark-blue burnoose and white turban,” replied Tarzan.
Derived terms
Translations
a thick hooded cloak
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