Definition of "bournous" []

• Alternative form of burnoose. (noun)

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• "W. wore a heavy rat-colored brocade silk, studded with large silver stars…a bournous of black Honiton lace, scalloped, and embroidered in violent colors with a battle piece representing the taking of Holland by the Dutch…upon her bosom reposed a gorgeous bouquet of real sage brush, imported from Washoe…"
• "In the picturesque contrast of costume it presents, the gayest French uniforms possess no attractions compared with the white and flowing bournous, with even the sheepskin mantle of the poor Arab of the desert, the bright braided caftan of the Moor, the turban, and the fez."
• "To-day he had changed his grey bournous for a white one, and all his clothing was white, embroidered with silver."