Presently the door opened, and a young man stood before them clothed in the rough camel-hair garment, or burnous, which is common in the East.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Brethren] Reference

The burnous is the epitome of Arab inefficiency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia] Reference

Circus wearing burnous and shawls and elegant scarfs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Imaginary Mistress] Reference

She answered by getting up, and he took the burnous off the log and folded it about her shoulders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference

Over this she wore a flowing white burnous, whose folds formed a becoming drapery to her majestic figure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference

"Just spread your shawl on it," said he; and Miss Custer was obliged to unfold her beautiful white burnous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference

He put out his hand to detain her, for she had thrown on her cloak and was winding the burnous about her head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flamsted quarries] Reference

It was peaked, burnous-like, to form a hood, and this and the corners were hung with heavy white silk tassels.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Way Home] Reference

The girl wrapped her in it, adjusted the burnous, that had fallen from her head, and went with her to the door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flamsted quarries] Reference

Behind him, also on donkeys, rode his womenfolk, heavily veiled, and his retainers in burnous and flowing robes.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Our Army in Palestine] Reference

He always dressed in snow white, turban and burnous, with not a single ornament except his jewelled arms, which were superb.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton] Reference

You know he came with us that night, borrowed a horse and the burnous you wouldn't wear, and kept out of sight till the last minute.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shadow of the East] Reference

Next to this, perhaps, would be a group that only needed framing to make a picture, where two grave men, each wrapped in his burnous, sat.    From Wordnik.com.  [All Aboard A Story for Girls] Reference

She started back at the sight of those dark eyes glowing with an unnatural fire, at the haggard face, its pallor accentuated by the white burnous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flamsted quarries] Reference

An indifference which I cannot explain, a disregard of everything, to us quite unknown, characterized these burnous-clad folk even in their greatest stir and bustle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference

The burnous, thus adjusted, made her look very young.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Woman with the Fan] Reference

He removed his burnous and stuffed it under his tunic.    From Wordnik.com.  [The River of Darkness, or, Under Africa] Reference

Over all was thrown a brown burnous, not unlike that of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference

He was tall and strong, and looked like an Arab in his white burnous.    From Wordnik.com.  [En Route] Reference

How thy white burnous welit streaming, like the storm-rack o'er the sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ballads] Reference

His face was stained dark brown, and nearly hidden by the hood of a ragged burnous.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Soldier of the Legion] Reference

He gave his sword and burnous to Tutmosis, and went to his bedroom without calling any one.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt] Reference

Ben-Abid put his hand beneath his burnous, and brought forth a bag tied at the mouth with cord.    From Wordnik.com.  [Halima And The Scorpions 1905] Reference

As he spoke he drew an Arab burnous over his head, shading entirely his light hair and mustache.    From Wordnik.com.  [The River of Darkness, or, Under Africa] Reference

He did not wait, however, to remonstrate, but immediately drew forward the hood of his burnous and hurried away.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pirate City An Algerine Tale] Reference

She wore her poor old burnous and the green shawl; her face still showed signs of illness, it was thinner and paler.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prestuplenie i nakazanie. English] Reference

European costumes, and dressing ourselves in the more useful and far more decorative burnous and veils of the sheiks of Arabia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure] Reference

"Yes; turban and burnous and calves and slippers," she said rather impatiently, for what was the good of Peppino having remained in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Queen Lucia] Reference

Hidden by the dark burnous of an officer, he hurried through the empty streets and out beyond the city to the gardens of the temple of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt] Reference

He started off at a rapid gait, his white burnous tossing on his shoulders, and with fast-beating hearts Guy and Melton came close behind.    From Wordnik.com.  [The River of Darkness, or, Under Africa] Reference

I can almost count the veins in the leaves of the palms, so warm that Zerzour has thrown off his burnous and kept on only his linen shirt.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Call of the Blood] Reference