tur ‧ ban /ˈtɜːbən $ ˈtɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: Italian turbante , from Turkish tülbend , from Persian dulband ]
a long piece of cloth that you wind tightly round your head, worn by men in parts of North Africa and Southern Asia and sometimes by women as a fashion