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barracan

barracan noun: a thick, strong kind of camlet from linen, wool, cotton or all three, usually with a stripe structure and fringes, traditionally used for outer garments of both sexes in the Arab World, of a similar purpose as the Roman toga and palla or the Indian sari.

Noun

barracan (countable and uncountable, plural barracans)

  1. A thick, strong kind of camlet from linen, wool, cotton or all three, usually with a stripe structure and fringes, traditionally used for outer garments of both sexes in the Arab World, of a similar purpose as the Roman toga and palla or the Indian sari.

Forms of barracan

pluralbarracans

Origin of barracan

From Middle French barracan, from Arabic بَرَّكَان (barrakān).

Questions about barracan

What does barracan mean?
Barracan means a thick, strong kind of camlet from linen, wool, cotton or all three, usually with a stripe structure and fringes, traditionally used for outer garments of both sexes in the Arab World, of a similar purpose as the Roman toga and palla or the Indian sari.
What part of speech is barracan?
Barracan is a noun.
What is the plural of barracan?
The plural of barracan is barracans.

Words near barracan in the dictionary

  1. barrabkies
  2. barrable
  3. Barrabool
  4. barrabora
  5. barraboras
  6. barracan
  7. barracans
  8. Barracas
  9. barrace
  10. barrack
  11. barrack buster

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