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Definition of "burnoose" []

  • A hooded cloak worn especially by Arabs and Berbers. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "burnoose" in a sentence
  • "On going, at his earnest request, to speak to him at the gate, he communicated to me the interesting fact that the stranger in the burnoose was a young chim, who had resided in his family in Senegal for some twelve months, and who had accompanied him to England."
  • "Would you pause to think about the 2-pound belt around your burnoose before running to the light?"
  • "Eir waited beside the trench, clutching a burnoose full of enspelled dragon-blood jewels."