Stambouline, a. and n.
(stæmbuːˈliːn)
(Also Stamboline, Stamboulina.)
[f. Stamboul, older form of Istanbul, Turkish name of Constantinople + -ine.]
a. adj. Of or pertaining to Stamboul. b. n. (With lower-case initial.) A long frock-coat worn by Turkish officials.
| 1811 Byron Ch. Har. ii. App. D ii, note, Any of his Stamboline acquaintance. 1884 Graphic 4 Oct. 358/2 The ordinary Turkish or Stamboulina dress. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Sept. 13/2 The gentry, dressed in coloured stamboulines or black caftans and fez, occupied the pit. 1900 Harper's Mag. Jan. 254 The stambouline..is a queer single-breasted frock-coat, designed for all state occasions. |