noun a kind of headdress worn by women.
2. turban ·noun the whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.
3. turban ·noun 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, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck.