Meanings
nounturbant (plural turbants)
plural turbants
- obsoleteObsolete form of turban.
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 74–761 more example
Methinks I ſee the Turke nodding vvith his Turbant, and telling me that I ſhould thanke Heaven for that diſtance vvhich is betvvixt us, elſe he vvould ſvvallovv me all up at one morſell; […]
1644, J[ames] H[owell], “England’s Teares, for the Present Wars, […]”, in ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΙΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest. […], 2nd edition, [Oxford, Oxfordshire]: [H. Hall], →OCLC, page 159
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