1. A
headdress worn by
men in the Levant and by most Mohammedans of the
male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, generally of
cotton or linen,
wound about the cap, and sometimes
hanging down the neck.
2. A
kind of
headdress worn by women.
3.
The intact set of whorls of a spiral shell.
Origin: OE. Turband, turbant, tolibant, F. Turban, It. Turbante, Turk. Tulbend, dulbend, fr. For. Dulband. Cf. Tulip.
Source: Websters Vocabulary