The Collaborative International Dictionary
Barracan \Bar"ra*can\, n. [F. baracan, bouracan (cf. Pr. barracan, It. baracane, Sp. barragan, Pg. barregana, LL. barracanus), fr. Ar. barrak[=a]n a kind of black gown, perh. fr. Per. barak a garment made of camel's hair.] A thick, strong stuff, somewhat like camlet; -- still used for outer garments in the Levant.
Wiktionary
n. A thick, strong material, somewhat like camlet, formerly used for outer garments in the Levant.
Usage examples of "barracan".
I took out my last barracan, as some precaution against the threatening clouds.
She slipped out of the barracan and draped the silk garment over the chest.
The servant folded the rose barracan and put it away with gestures which seemed to indicate that such a flowing garment and its matching veil would not be needed within the harem.
She was not a serving girl, that much was obvious from the richness of her barracan and the cosmetics that highlighted her face, bringing the eyes and rich red mouth into prominence.
Throwing the book she was reading aside, she took up the barracan, settling the semitransparent folds around her.
Lady Fatima for the occasion, included a short blouse and pantaloons of emerald silk covered by a barracan of softest mint green edged with gold braiding.
Julia recognized the suggestion for what it was, exquisite politeness designed to give her an excuse to retain her barracan if removing it would embarrass her, and also, a subtle hint that he had no intent to ravish her upon the spot.
The look in his eyes made Julia suddenly aware of the transparency of her barracan and the inadequacy of her harem dress, which left her midsection bare.
She then donned a bodice and pantaloons of cloth-of-gold with a barracan of pale-yellow silk banded with cloth-of-gold thrown over it.
If her barracan hindered him, he gave no sign, but lowered his head to press his lips to the curves of her breast through its sheer transparency.
Occasionally, as they talked, the dark, considering gaze of the dey would drift to where Julia sat, her face and form concealed by barracan and veil.
Greatly daring, she suggested to the girl that she might don veil and barracan and personally serve the dey of Algiers.
The Illustrious One had actually looked at her with his black and flashing eyes, had probed with them through her barracan to the generous curves it covered.
From its depths, she drew a barracan that she had purchased in the bazaar.
Whilst the Sultan took his seat upon the raised mud-bench, the slaves held up two wrappers or barracans, to shield his highness from public view whilst he took his seat.