caftan

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East
noun a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant

They were dark-complexioned, short, dressed in Jewish-like yellow caftans, red caps and very wide trousers. — The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical Romance, Henryk Sienkiewicz
A stooped bearded figure appears garbed in the long caftan of an elder in Zion and a smokingcap with magenta tassels. — Ulysses, James Joyce
“Now the chief proclaimer,” was the king’s order, which brought a tall man in a bright scarlet caftan salaaming to the dais. — A Victor of Salamis, William Stearns Davis

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