Turban Sentence Examples

The second form of the turban is known as the pagri.

Many professions and religions, &c., are distinguished by the shape and color of the turban, and various classes, and particularly servants, are marked by the form and color of their shoes; but the poor go usually barefoot.

The turban worn by priests is generally white, consisting of many yards of muslin.

A Sikh feels honor to wear a turban, to cover uncut hair.

In Bengal a sort of turban is worn which can be taken off like a hat.

He is given a robe and a turban as a symbol of office.

Merchants generally wear a turban of muslin embroidered in colors, or of a yellow pattern on straw-colored muslin, or of calico, or shawl.

What is known in Europe as a turban (from the Persian sarband, a binding for the head) is in India divided into two classes.

The names safa, sela, rumal and dopatta are sometimes given to this form of turban.

Certain steel blades are stuck through the body of the turban.

Still, after 15 minutes, he stood up, put on his black turban and left to go secure my lodging.

First, I am going to buy a velvet turban and matching kaftan and start smoking cheroots.

They have the same love for poetry, music and romance; the same intense pride in their race and history; many of the same superstitions and customs. The Christians retain the Servian costume, modified in detail, as by the occasional use of the turban or fez.

When Prithi Chand represented that he ought to have received the turban bound on Guru Arjan's head in token of succession to his father, Arjan meekly handed it to him, without, however, bestowing on him the guruship. The Sikhs themselves soon revolted against the exactions of Prithi Chand, and prayed Arjan to assert himself else the seed of the True Name would perish.

When Har Govind was installed as guru, Bhai Budha, the aged Sikh who performed the ceremony, presented him with a turban and a necklace, and charged him to wear and preserve them as the founder of his religion had done.

The turban and the spear became the banner of the Spanish Omayyads.

The head is covered with a turban, or a cap of a fashion peculiar to the Parsees; it is made of stiff material, something like the European hat, without any rim, and has an angle from the top of the forehead backwards.

The colour is chocolate or maroon, except with the priests, who wear a white turban.

The 12ins square dial is mounted with turban head and foliage spandrels, a silvered chapter ring, seconds ring and calendar aperture.

They are dressed in white except for a red turban.

Varieties include butternut, acorn, spaghetti, delicata, sweet dumpling, turban, and of course the mighty pumpkin.

You have to wrap a turban around your head and nose and drink a great deal of water.

He wore his clothes like a Bengali, but on his head was a white turban tied after the fashion of the Sikhs.

In Red Square, feast your eyes on the wildly colored turban domed St Basil's Cathedral - an enduring Russian symbol.

One model wriggled in a cherry print tea dress, her hair tucked under a green velvet turban.

At the launch reading she looked stylish, as always, in a silk turban.

At the critical moment he embraced Islam .to escape death, and though he was still believed in by many - it was not Sabbatai himself but a phantom resemblance that had assumed the turban!

The head is smaller, often occupied almost entirely above in the male by the very large eyes, which in some species are curiously double in that sex, one portion being pillared, and forming what is termed a "turban," the mouth parts are aborted, for the creature is now incapable of taking nutriment either solid or fluid; the antennae are mere short bristles, consisting of two rather large basal joints and a multi-articulate thread.

His head is wrapped in a turban and in the center of its front is the largest ruby they 've ever seen.

One of the images shows Mohammad wearing a turban shaped like a bomb with a lit fuse.

In Red Square, feast your eyes on the wildly colored turban domed St Basil 's Cathedral - an enduring Russian symbol.

A turban hat, which presumably was worn by the deceased, was on the floor in front of the settee.

And, the turban shape means she can waltz around like a diva all day long, without it falling off.

One cartoon, arguably the most offensive, depicted a male in eastern turban with a bomb in it.

Turban Buttercup (Ranunculus Asiaticus) - An old garden plant, with double flowers of many colors, divided into various sections, such as the Dutch, Scotch, Persian and Turkish, each representing a distinct race.

The Persian varieties are the finest as regards color, compactness, and symmetry of growth; but the Turban varieties are of hardier constitution and of freer growth, and therefore are better suited for beds, lines, and masses.

He'll give you the Turban or a Country Guitar.

Give the Turban to Sahara when she stops by and she'll give you the Massage Chair or a Red Vase.

Depending on the size of your garment, you can simply pull it over your head or wrap it around like a turban.

If you visit a spa, complement your plush robe with a swim turban while you sit beside the swimming pool with a cool drink in hand.

A turban will keep your hair out of the way, but in a much more stylish fashion than simply wrapping it up in a towel.

If you prefer to sun instead of swim, your hair will still be protected underneath a stylish turban.

Later, Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli designed one especially for air raids - it was the same functional style, complete with a gas mask, flask and velvet turban.

This scarf can be wrapped around the head like a turban and then knotted at the back, if you prefer, or simply worn around the hair as a simple fabric headband.

A fruit-covered hat or turban a la Carmen Miranda would be especially suitable.

The Annamese of both sexes wear wide trousers, a long, usually black tunic with narrow sleeves and a dark-coloured turban, or in the case of the lower classes, a wide straw hat; they either go bare-foot or wear sandals or Chinese boots.

He said; "My necklace shall be my sword-belt, and my turban shall be adorned with a royal aigrette."

The head-dress is the red cloth fez or tarbush round which a turban is usually worn.

His headdress he calls a pag; it is a turban of amamah shape but enormously large.

They are distinguished by the wearing of a white turban, emblematic of the purity of their life.

His head is wrapped in a turban and in the center of its front is the largest ruby they've ever seen.

When the turban is worn it is always of the pagri form, never the amamah.

Abdar-rahman's army was so ill provided that he mounted almost the only good war-horse in it; he had no banner, and one was improvised by unwinding a green turban and binding it round the head of a spear.

Their dress is entirely of dark blue colour, the turban being also blue, high and pointed; on it are fastened three steel quoits.

Having been conducted to the Afghan camp, he fixed, the royal plume of feathers on the young rebels turban Malmmud S with his own handS and 4000 Afghans were ordered to Usurpation.

The priests wear a white jacket with loose sleeves, a head-cloth like a turban and a special type of shoe with turned-up toes and soles projecting at the heel.

When the wearers are saiyid of the Prophet, a green2 turban is worn, also a kamarband of green muslin, or shawl or cotton cloth.

They are Mahommedans, and although Arab influence has declined, their nobles still wear the Moslem flowing robe and turban (though the women go unveiled), and they use Arabic script.