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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A blanketlike cloak having a hole in the center for the head.
  2. n. A similar garment having a hood used as a raincoat.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A sort of cloak or loose garment worn by the South American Indians, and also by many of the Spanish inhabitants of South America and Mexico. It resembles a narrow blanket with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through, so that it hangs down before and behind, leaving the arms free. Garments similar to the above in general shape are made and used elsewhere, especially by sportsmen as rain-cloaks.
  2. n. A trade-name for camlet or strong worsted.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
  2. n. A similar waterproof garment, with a hood.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through. A kind of poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service.
  2. n. A trade name for camlets, or stout worsteds.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head

Etymologies

  1. From Spanish, from Quechua punchu. (Wiktionary)
  2. American Spanish, from Spanish, cape, perhaps variant of pocho, faded, discolored. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. cloak

same context (23)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. parka
  2. gaiter
  3. raincoat
  4. leggings
  1. smock
  2. muffler
  3. mackintosh
  4. undershirt
  1. mitten
  2. greatcoat
  3. kilt
  4. sweatshirt
  1. jumper
  2. kerchief
  3. topcoat
  4. tarpaulin
  1. cape
  2. overshirt
  3. jersey
  4. jumpsuits
  1. scarf
  2. neckerchief
  3. wrapper

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  1. ruana
  1. cumber
  1. poncho

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  • reesetee *worried about handling charges too* Aug 12, 2008

  • chained_bear *wonders just what company bilby placed that order with*

    *and do they have rush shipping* Aug 12, 2008

  • reesetee That's so I have room when I bang my head on my desk top. Aug 12, 2008

  • plethora Everything has to be huge with you, doesn't it rt?
    Huge head, huge desk... tsk. Aug 12, 2008

  • bilby *orders poncho with 8,292 normal sized holes and one large one* Aug 12, 2008

  • reesetee All right, all right. It's one big fat head, okay? Geez. Make a person feel funny about a gigantic head, why don't you....

    *muttering under poncho* Aug 12, 2008

  • chained_bear Check my list for how many heads reesetee has. Reesetee definitely has a head, and has head that sometimes gets heavy. That much we know. Whether they are the same head is open to question, but the real question is more what size is reesetee's head (or heads), seeing as rt is the Prothonotary of Fattiehead, has grasshoppers springing Minerva-like from head, hears voices in head and does what they say, and has mollusque in head. Aug 12, 2008

  • bilby Wordies: 8,293.
    How many heads do you have, rt? Aug 12, 2008

  • reesetee Perhaps I should clarify: Head sizes. How many head holes will we need? Aug 12, 2008

  • bilby Ponchos come in sizes? I thought they were all one-size-fits-nobody. Aug 12, 2008

  • frindley Brilliant. For this I would be willing to break my cardinal fashion rule: if you are old enough to have worn it the first time ’round, give it a miss the second time ’round. Aug 11, 2008

  • reesetee It's spectacular, bilby! But how do we choose the correct size? Aug 11, 2008

  • plethora I don't think so, I don't get an error message, and there's nothing in the URL that Netfox is likely to block. I just get [5.jpg] where the photo should be...

    Edit: I don't know what changed, but I can now see it. I'm definitely in for group ponchoing. Aug 11, 2008

  • bilby Netfox? Aug 11, 2008

  • plethora I cannot see that picture. Weird. Aug 11, 2008

  • bilby I'd like a poncho like this for our get-together. With all of us in it. And lots of words on it. Yes. Aug 11, 2008

  • frangarnes Prenda de abrigo que consiste en una manta, cuadrada o rectangular, de lana de oveja, alpaca, vicuña, o de otro tejido, que tiene en el centro una abertura para pasar la cabeza, y cuelga de los hombros generalmente hasta más abajo de la cintura Oct 20, 2007

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