reboso

[ ri-boh-soh ]

/ rɪˈboʊ soʊ /

rebozo.

Also re·bo·sa

[ri-boh-suh] /rɪˈboʊ sə/.

Words nearby reboso

rebozo

[ ri-boh-soh, -zoh; Spanish re-baw-thaw, -saw ]

/ rɪˈboʊ soʊ, -zoʊ; Spanish rɛˈbɔ θɔ, -sɔ /

a long woven scarf, often of fine material, worn over the head and shoulders by Spanish and Mexican women.

Also reboso, rebosa, riboso, ribozo.

1800–10; < Spanish: scarf, shawl, equivalent to re- re- + bozo muzzle

The rebosa, a narrow scarf, thrown over the head and shoulders, is indispensable to females.

Rambles by Land and Water |B. M. Norman
Jacqueline hid the golden gleam of her hair under the rebosa.

The Missourian |Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
The flag was made of a Mexican rebosa or scarf of unbleached muslin about a yard in width and five feet long.

History of California |Helen Elliott Bandini
The women all carried the rebosa, and were thickly powdered.

Gold |Stewart White

But not,” murmured the sententious lady of the rebosa, 133“august enough to appear before Him unless He sends for Her.

The Missourian |Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle

rebozo

/ (rɪˈbəʊzəʊ, Spanish reˈβoθo) /

a long wool or linen scarf covering the shoulders and head, worn by Latin American women

C19: from Spanish: shawl, from rebozar to muffle