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Word entry · 6 letters

dolman

Best crossword clue

"Sleeved cloak"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɒlmən/Part of speech nounSorted adlmnoStarts with DEnds with N1 clues
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Definitions

  1. a woman's cloak with dolman sleeves

Word origin

Apparently from French doliman, dolman (sense 2), ultimately from Ottoman Turkish طولامان, دولامان (dolaman, “robe”), from طولامق (dolamak, “to wrap around”). Compare German Doliman, Dollman; Hungarian dolmány.

Used in a sentence

  • [I]n the second half of the century the long Turkish dolman disappears completely and tight, knee-length dolmans and mentes become general.
  • The quintessentially Hungarian item of men's clothing was the dolman. This flowing garment, open in the front, replaced the waistcoat after the Renaissance.
  • Robert nodded in reply to her question and not only took off his helmet but unhooked his pelisse, threw it on a chair, and unbuttoned the top of his dolman.

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