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‖ caftan|kafˈtɑːn, ˈkæftæn|
Also 7–8 caffetan, cafetan, coftan, 9– kaftan.
[Turkish qaftān, also used in Pers. In early use apparently taken immediately from the Fr. cafetan.]
1. A garment worn in Turkey and other eastern countries, consisting of a kind of long under-tunic or vest tied at the waist with the girdle.
1591G. Fletcher Russe Commw. (1657) 273 Yet he will have his Caftan or under-coat sometimes of cloth of gold. 1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. iii. (1669) 56 Upon the Kaftan they wear a close Coat..called Feres. 1671Charente Let. Customs Mauritania 41 The Jews wear a Shirt, Drawers, a black Close-coat, or Caffetan. 1695Motteux St. Olon's Morocco 90 They all wear a Cafetan or Cloth-Vest without Sleeves. 1700Rycaut Hist. Turks III. 533 A rich Coftan or Vest. 1716–8Lady M. W. Montague Lett. I. xxxii. 111 My Caftan..is a robe exactly fitted to my shape, and reaching to my feet, with very long strait falling sleeves. 1782P. H. Bruce Mem. ii. 60 They [Turkish ladies] wear a Cafetan of gold brocade. 1813Moore Twop. Post Bag vi. 10 Through London streets with turban fair, And caftan floating to the air. 1835Willis Pencillings II. xliii. 43 Wily Jews with their high caps and caftans. 1866Reader 27 Oct. 887 The..caphtan was during the first years of Peter's reign discontinued among the higher and middle classes of Russian society. 1889Hall Caine Scapegoat i, His Kaftan was of white cloth, with an embroidered leathern girdle.
2. A wide-sleeved, loose-fitting shirt or dress worn in Western countries, resembling the original garment worn in the East.
1965Vogue July 43 Kaftan, 39 gns. 1966Daily Tel. 17 Oct. 10/6 Caftans, the season's fashion talking point, won murmurs of delight in lightweight silk, hand-painted, in versions both short and long from artist Noel Dyrenforth. 1967Daily Mail 10 Aug. 4/7 I'd like to see men in this country wearing kaftans—those long cotton robes—to relax at home. 1968Guardian 6 June 5/5 [He] wore an astrakhan cap and a blue caftan shirt. 1969Daily Nation (Nairobi) 31 Oct. 19/2 It comprises a Kaftan, slit on either side to the knees to reveal pencil slim hipster pants. 1972J. Wilson Hide & Seek ii. 37 Her wedding dress..had been an all enveloping Kaftan because she'd been hugely pregnant. |