[a. Arab. & Pers. qabās a man’s outer tunic.]
A white cloth worn by Arabs over their shoulders.
1693. Ray, Trav. (1705), II. 13. Sitting with a delicate white turbant, and a long red lined caban.
1863. Kinglake, Crimea (1877), II. xii. 158. He was so content with the gleam of his epaulettes, half-hidden and half-revealed by the graceful white cabaan.
