caftann.
/ˈkaftan/, /kafˈtɑːn/, U.S. /ˈkæftən/, /ˈkæfˌtæn/ 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.
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1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xxviii. f. 114 Yet he will haue his Caftan or vndercoat sometimes of cloth of gold.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. Ambassadors (1669) iii. 56 Upon the Kaftan they wear a close Coat..called Feres.
1671 tr. A. Charant Let. conc. Countrys King of Tafiletta 41 in tr. R. Fréjus Relation Voy. Mauritania The Jews wear a Shirt, Drawers, a black Close-coat, or Caffetan.
1695 P. Motteux tr. F. Pidou de St. Olon Present State Morocco 90 They all wear a Cafetan or Cloth-Vest without Sleeves.
1700 P. Rycaut Hist. Turks III. 533 A rich Coftan or Vest.
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 326 My Caftan..is a robe exactly fited to my shape and reaching to my feet, with very long strait falling sleeves.
a1757 P. H. Bruce Memoirs (1782) ii. 60 They [Turkish ladies] wear a Cafetan of gold brocade.
1813 T. Moore Intercepted Lett. vi. 10 Through London streets with turban fair, And caftan floating to the air.
1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xliii. 43 Wily Jews with their high caps and caftans.
1866 Reader 27 Oct. 887 The..caphtan was during the first years of Peter's reign discontinued among the higher and middle classes of Russian society.
1891 H. Caine Scapegoat I. Introd. 20 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.
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1965 Vogue July 43 Kaftan, 39 gns.
1966 Daily 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.
1967 Daily Mail 10 Aug. 4/7 I'd like to see men in this country wearing kaftans—those long cotton robes—to relax at home.
1968 Guardian 6 June 5/5 [He] wore an astrakhan cap and a blue caftan shirt.
1969 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 31 Oct. 19/2 It comprises a Kaftan, slit on either side to the knees to reveal pencil slim hipster pants.
1972 J. Wilson Hide & Seek ii. 37 Her wedding dress..had been an all enveloping Kaftan because she'd been hugely pregnant.
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