- burnous: a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors
- A burnous (also spelled burnoose, or bournous; from the Berber and Maghribi Arab. burnus) is a long cloak of coarse woollen fabric with a hood, usually white in color, worn by Berbers and the Arabs throughout North Africa.
- A thick hooded cloak worn throughout the Arab world and North Africa