turban

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 many Muslims 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of headdress worn by women. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing a turban. “ A malignant and a turbaned Turk.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A turban. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I see the Turk nodding with his turbant. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]