busby
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See also: Busby
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Various theories; probably from the surname Busby.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]busby (plural busbies or busbys)
- A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.
- 1887, Thomas Stevens, chapter IV, in Around the World on a Bicycle[1], Vol. II: From Teheran to Yokohama, London: Sampson Low […] , pages 71–72:
- […] many Khorassanis wearing huge sheepskin busbies, similar to the head-gear of the Roumanians and Tabreez Turks of Ovahjik and the Perso-Turkish border.
- 1895, Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow:
- They were a fine lot of fellows, in their pale blue, tight-fitting jackets, jaunty busbys and white riding breeches with the double yellow stripe […]
- 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 54:
- His head was shaped like a busby, a high solid arrogant rock, covered with thick moss.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (fur hat): bearskin
Translations
[edit]fur hat, usually with a plume
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- busby (military headdress) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia