turban

What it means

1. businessA man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.

   ‘Nay, I cannot move another step,’ he howled. ‘I am old and my turban is lost. Arré! Arré!’

   1893, Rudyard Kipling, “In the Rukh”, in Many Inventions, London: Macmillan and Co., page 206

   3 more examples

   Me thinks I ſee the Turke nodding vvith his Turban, and telling me that I ſhould thanke Heaven for that diſtance vvhich is betvvixt us, els he vvould ſvvallovv me all up at one morſell; […]

   1644, James Howell, England’s Teares, for the Present Wars, […], London: […] Richard Heron, →OCLC, page 4

   From India and the golden Cherſoneſs, / And utmoſt Indian Iſle Taprobane, / Dusk faces vvith vvhite ſilken Turbants vvreath'd: […]

   1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 82, lines 74–76

   The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.

   1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings

2. A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim.
3. The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell.

In a sentence

Me thinks I ſee the Turke nodding vvith his Turban, and telling me that I ſhould thanke Heaven for that diſtance vvhich is betvvixt us, els he vvould ſvvallovv me all up at one morſell; […]

1644, James Howell, England’s Teares, for the Present Wars, […], London: […] Richard Heron, →OCLC, page 4

Where it comes from

1. Classical Persianدلبند
2. Ottoman Turkishدلبند
3. Italianturbante
4. Middle Frenchturbant
5. Englishturban

Borrowed from Middle French turbant, from Italian turbante, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband), also the root of tulip.