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a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors

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Usage examples (29)
  • He wore a plain white turban, plain burnouse and a pair of common slippers.
  • The lady spurred her horse and caught with her feet a portion of his light burnouse, dragging it away.
  • I remember the figure of Abu Bakir, burnouse flapping, holding his phone aloft in salute and squinting into the sun.
  • I hesitated, I trembled, and when with a supreme effort I at last grasped the burnouse and cast it from me, I still lacked the courage to ascertain what it really was,...
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