Dolman

Quick meaning: Dolman is a noun meaning A long, loose garment with narrow sleeves and an opening in the front, generally worn by Turks.

Meaning

A long, loose garment with narrow sleeves and an opening in the front, generally worn by Turks.

More Meanings

1. A short, close-fitting, heavily braided military jacket, usually worn under a pelisse, originally by hussars.
2. A woman's garment with wide capelike sleeves.

Example Sentences

[I]n the second half of the century the long Turkish dolman disappears completely and tight, knee-length dolmans and mentes become general.

Sitting on the chair's edge, he shrugged a shoulder until his dolman fell into place, then balanced his helmet on his knee like a pampered pet.

The uniform jacket with several rows of buttons and a horizontal braid across the front originally worn by the Hussars was also called a dolman.

He wore his dolman slung over one shoulder and clasped at his throat with a gold chain, and carried his Hussar's bearskin busby under his right arm.

Word Forms

• dolmans
• dollman
• dolama

Related Words

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