A loose, full-length overcoat with wide, untapered sleeves, worn by both sexes. Men wore ferâces for warmth, while women wore them both for warmth and for modesty. Because women wore ferâces every time they went out in public, they had versions made of thinner cloth for the summer, as well as…
A knee-length overcoat worn only by men. Nowadays this word means “raincoat,” but in the 16th century it may have had a more general meaning.
Drawstring. Unlike European drawstrings, this was a substantial sash, often with embroidered ends. Üçkur were transferred between pairs of trousers or underwear, and were itemized separately in estate records.
Prayer rug.
Skullcap. Worn under a headdress to protect the headdress from sweat and grease. Poor men sometimes wore skullcaps as their only headgear.
A cloak or shawl.
A large, wok-like cookpot. Also written kazgan.
A type of coarse wool cloth popular for making warm, hard-wearing garments like overcoats and men’s trousers. Aba was inferior to wool broadcloth (çuka or çuha), but also more affordable. As a result, it was mostly a working-class fabric. The aba was also an Arab garment shaped like a poncho with…
Literally “vest,” but more commonly paired with another word to indicate that a garment is sleeveless. For example a zıbın-ı beden or beden zıbını is a sleeveless underjacket.
Wool broadcloth, or a type of overcoat made of wool broadcloth.