Tur"ban (?), n. [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.) The whole set
of whorls of a
spiral shell.
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