Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tarboosh \Tar*boosh"\, n. [Ar. tarb?sh; perhaps from Per.
   sar-posh headdress: cf. F. tarbouch.]
   A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes
   alone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make
   a turban. See {Fez}.

Source : WordNet®

tarboosh
     n : a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a
         flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown
         [syn: {fez}]