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A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by a belt or sash.

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  1. n. A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by a belt or sash.
  2. v. t. To clothe with a caftan.
  3. n. a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East
  4. n. a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant
  5. A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by a belt or sash. To clothe with a caftan. [R.] The turbaned and caftaned damsel. Sir W. Scott.
  6. A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gownwith sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by abelt or sash.
  7. n:100 n. a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East n. a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant