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Long woven scarf
Answer for the clue "Long woven scarf ", 6 letters:
rebozo
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Wikipedia
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A rebozo is a long flat garment used mostly by women in Mexico . It can be worn in various ways, usually folded or wrapped around the head and/or upper body to shade from the sun, provide warmth and as an accessory to an outfit. It is also used to carry ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a long woolen or linen scarf covering the head and shoulders (also used a sling for holding a baby); traditionally worn by Latin-American women
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A woman's garment of Mexico, a rectangular piece of fabric worn as a scarf or shawl and sometimes used to carry children or goods.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rebozo \Re*bo"zo\, n. [Sp. rebozo.] A kind of mantilla worn by women over the head and shoulders, and sometimes over part of the face. [Mexico & Sp. Amer.]
Usage examples of rebozo.
Several of them lifted huge eyes above the water, hut Rebozo muttered a charm and pointed at each with his wand.
Its keeper cursed and raised a fist to club it, but Rebozo stayed his hand.
They searched all that day and into the night, Rebozo ordering their efforts, Rebozo calling for the dogs, Rebozo leading the guardsmen.
King Maledicto snapped, and Rebozo, trembling and wide-eyed, nodded to the torturer, who grinned and pressed down with the glowing iron.
When he had seen his royal master slam the door of his private chamber behind him, when his loud-voiced queries brought forth only snarls of rage and demands to go away, Rebozo turned and went with a sigh.
The tears dried on the instant, and the little prince glared up at Rebozo as if the man himself were guilty.
Boncorro huddled in on himself, staring at the huge luminous eyes that seemed to appear out the very darkness itself-but Rebozo muttered a spell and pointed his wand, making those huge eyes flutter closed in sleep and sink away.
Prince Casudo had been a good man, a very good man, even saintly-but it was as Chancellor Rebozo had said: that very goodness had made him unfit to be king.
The boat grounded on the bank and Rebozo stepped out, turning back to hold out a hand to steady the prince.
Besides, even Prince Boncorro had heard of the good wizards in Merovence, and Chancellor Rebozo did not want him thinking too much about that.
Prince Boncorro guessed, must be God-but he could understand why Rebozo would not want to say that Name aloud.
Boncorro held the book close to his chest, almost hugging it, and looked up at Rebozo with shining eyes.
At first the tankard held brandy-wine, and he would be red-eyed and staggering at dinner-if Rebozo could talk him into coming to dinner.
What he was resolved to do, though, he would not say, neither to Rebozo nor to anyone else.
King Maledicto sent Rebozo on his annual tour of the provincial barons, watched him out of sight, then turned to his court with grim resolution.