dolman

plural dolmans · alternative dollman · alternative dolama

1. A long, loose garment with narrow sleeves and an opening in the front, generally worn by Turks.

   [I]n the second half of the century the long Turkish dolman disappears completely and tight, knee-length dolmans and mentes become general.

   1938, The Hungarian Quarterly, volume IV, Budapest; New York, N.Y.: Society of the Hungarian Quarterly, →OCLC, page 292

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   Feriz Beg, on discarding his dolman, rolled up the sleeves of his fine shirt of Turkish linen to his shoulders, and drew from its sheath his fine Damascus scimitar, which was scarce two inches broad, and so flexible that you could have bent it double in every direction like a watch-spring.

   1903, Maurus Jókai, “Three Men”, in R[obert] Nisbet Bain, transl., The Slaves of the Padishah: (“The Turks in Hungary,” being the Sequel to “Midst the Wild Carpathians”): A Romance, 3rd edition, London: Jarrold & Sons, 10 & 11, Warwick Lane, E.C., →OCLC, page 33

   The quintessentially Hungarian item of men's clothing was the dolman. This flowing garment, open in the front, replaced the waistcoat after the Renaissance.

   1980, Katalin Földi-Dózsa, “How the Hungarian National Costume Evolved”, in Polly Cone, editor, The Imperial Style: Fashions of the Hapsburg Era: Based on the Exhibition, Fashions of the Hapsburg Era, Austria-Hungary, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 1979—August 1980, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 80

2. A short, close-fitting, heavily braided military jacket, usually worn under a pelisse, originally by hussars.

   Sitting on the chair's edge, he shrugged a shoulder until his dolman fell into place, then balanced his helmet on his knee like a pampered pet.

   1998, Gayle Greeno, Sunderlies Seeking (DAW Book Collectors; no. 1103), New York, N.Y.: DAW Books, →ISBN

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   Robert nodded in reply to her question and not only took off his helmet but unhooked his pelisse, threw it on a chair, and unbuttoned the top of his dolman.

   1983, Roberta Gellis, Fortune's Bride, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing, →ISBN

   He wore his dolman slung over one shoulder and clasped at his throat with a gold chain, and carried his Hussar's bearskin busby under his right arm.

   2005, Wilbur [Addison] Smith, The Triumph of the Sun, London: Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN

   The uniform jacket with several rows of buttons and a horizontal braid across the front originally worn by the Hussars was also called a dolman.

   2015, “dolman”, in Annette Lynch, Mitchell D. Strauss, editors, Ethnic Dress in the United States: A Cultural Encyclopedia, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 103

3. A woman's garment with wide capelike sleeves.

   She turned slowly – she was dressed in tussore and a dolman.

   1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 162

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   She, who never went out, found a bonnet that I had never seen before, put a dolman over her best silk dress, locked the guinea fowl safe in her kitchen and got into a hack with Henry, her smelling-bottle and her cap, in which was a new bunch of everlasting flowers.

   1942, Emily Carr, “A Little Town and a Little Girl: Characters”, in The Book of Small (Project Gutenberg Australia; eBook no. 0400201.txt), Toronto: Oxford University Press, published February 2004 (Project Gutenberg Australia version), →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2016

   In general, dolmans are recognizable for their winged kimono-like sleeves and T shape. But the one truism about dolmans is this—there is no standard!

   2011, Lisa Shroyer, “The Dolman Sweater”, in Knitting Plus: Mastering Fit + Plus-Size Style + 15 Projects, Loveland, Colo.: Interweave Press, →ISBN, page 141

   The dolman mantle, a popular women's fashion in Western Europe and the United States during the 1870s and 1880s, was characterized by loose sling-like sleeves cut with the body of the garment resembling a half jacket, half cape.

   2015, “dolman”, in Annette Lynch, Mitchell D. Strauss, editors, Ethnic Dress in the United States: A Cultural Encyclopedia, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 103

alternative Doleman

1. A surname.