| 单词 | mameluke turban |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmameluke turban mameluke turban n. [compare French turban à la Mameluk : see quot. 1933] a woman's turban of white satin trimmed with an ostrich feather, fashionable (first in France, then Britain) in the early 19th cent. ΚΠ 1933 H. Norris Costume & Fashion VI. i. 35 Turbans became fashionable in France as a result of Napoleon's Egyptian campaign (1798). A ‘turban à la Mameluk’ had an inverted flower-pot or fez of gold tissue surrounded by a full puffing of white satin.] 1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 131/1 Mameluke turban.., a turban of white satin, the front rolled upwards like a hat-brim over a domed crown; trimmed with a large ostrich feather. < as lemmas |
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