calpac

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• -- [MS.] [103] The calpac is the solid cap or centre part of the head-dress; the shawl is wound round it, and forms the turban. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3
• The bearers were distinguished by large fur caps, decorated with red cloth, resembling the calpac of the Armenians, and every individual carried in his hand a long thin wax taper. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833
• The calpac or cap has a crown similar in color to the cartridge-pockets, with a band of long, black goat's hair or white sheep's wool, which hanging down about the brows imparts a wild fierceness of expression to the dark, flashing eyes, and boldly cut features. Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia
• It was a mixed ritual of colours here in boot and hat: yellow for Mussulman, red boots, black calpac for Armenian, for the Effendi a white turban, for the Greek a black. The Purple Cloud
• The Tartar skull shines from under a high taper calpac, the The Purple Cloud
• But the judge did not let him wear it, Yalcin said, "the Republic can be defended wearing a calpac. TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News
• A cloth cloak, a silk gown, a silk jacket, camlet trowsers, yellow or red morocco boots, a shawl for the waist, with a waistcoat, shirt, and a calpac or turban, form the dress of a gentleman or merchant. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833
• The calpac of the Greek differs from that of the Armenian, by having a hole at the top, out of which peeps a bit of red cloth. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833
• I made my way to the square where the paper was printed, to find that, even there, the ground was closely strewn with calpac and pugaree, black abayeh and fringed praying-shawl, hob-nail and sandal, figured lungi and striped silk, all very muddled and mauled. The Purple Cloud