Turbants

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Head coverings consisting of long strips of fabric wound around the head usually worn for cultural, religious, or fashion purposes; a style of turban; or the plural form referring to multiple such wraps
2. Cloth wraps arranged spirally around the head serving as traditional or ceremonial headgear in various cultures; the style or shape of such wraps; or several of these head coverings collectively
3. A type of headwear made by coiling fabric bands around the scalp to cover the hair, often symbolic or decorative; the specific design of such coverings; or more than one of these items worn at once

Etymology: "Turbants" is the plural of "turbant", an older English spelling of "turban" that tracks the French form the word arrived through. Its root meaning is tied to the headwear itself: a long strip of cloth wound round the head, which is what the word's Persian and Turkish ancestors were describing. The plural simply refers to more than one such wrapping, whether several people wearing them or one wearer layering more than one at a time.

Synonyms: headwraps, headscarves