[ noun ] a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown <noun.artifact>
Tarboosh \Tar*boosh"\, n. [Ar. tarb?sh; perhaps from Per. sar-posh headdress: cf. F. tarbouch.] A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See {Fez}.