burnooses
(en)
(noun) a one-piece hooded cloak worn by Arabs and Berbers
1
buried in their burnooses
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7 years, 7 months ago
buried in their burnooses
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7 years, 7 months ago
kepi
(en)
(from the French képi) a French military cap with a flat top and horizontal brim
2
a kepi of greyish brown cloth on his tanned face
uncertain
7 years, 7 months ago
a kepi of greyish brown cloth on his tanned face
uncertain
7 years, 7 months ago
moraines
(en)
(noun) an accumulation of earth and stones carried and finally deposited by a glacier
4
the nearly polar plateaus cluttered with moraines
uncertain
7 years, 7 months ago
the nearly polar plateaus cluttered with moraines
uncertain
7 years, 7 months ago
adobe
(en)
(noun) a brick or building material of sun-dried earth and straw / (noun) a structure made of adobe bricks / (noun) a heavy clay used in making adobe bricks / (noun) alluvial or playa clay in desert or arid regions
6
cyclamens
(en)
(noun) any of a genus (Cyclamen) of Old World plants of the primrose family having showy nodding flowers
18
the colour of mountain cyclamens
unknown
7 years, 7 months ago
the colour of mountain cyclamens
unknown
7 years, 7 months ago
raffia
(en)
a species of Palm tree
23
his raffia hair
used as a metaphor here?
uncertain
7 years, 7 months ago
his raffia hair
used as a metaphor here?
uncertain
7 years, 7 months ago
game leg
(en)
a bad or lame leg
32
adze
(en)
(noun) a cutting tool that has a thin arched blade set at right angles to the handle and is used chiefly for shaping wood
35
waiting to be sharpened at the edges by the adze
uncertain
7 years, 7 months ago
waiting to be sharpened at the edges by the adze
uncertain
7 years, 7 months ago
urubus
(en)
black vulture
85
tired flight of ragged urubus
uncertain
7 years, 7 months ago
tired flight of ragged urubus
uncertain
7 years, 7 months ago
lianas
(en)
(noun) any of various usually woody vines especially of tropical rain forests that root in the ground
91
clusters of exotic flowers cascaded along the lianas
uncertain
7 years, 7 months ago
clusters of exotic flowers cascaded along the lianas
uncertain
7 years, 7 months ago