burˈnoused,ppl.a. [f.prec. + -ed2.] Wearing a burnous. 1846Blackw. Mag. LX. 337 Burnoused warriors.1864Sala in Daily Tel. 20 Apr., The burnoused Kabyle and the kilted Highlander.1868Daily Tel. 22 May, The lovely..ladies of Genoa..turned out..shawled and burnoused.