He wears a light blue kaftan over a white tunic, and the colours harmonize well, for this slate-blue suits his yellow complexion, and a long pigtail hangs down his back.
The servants who came with the message wore a red calico kaftan to the ground, with a red calico hood that looked like a domino.
I am quite satisfied on that point," replied the Jew, whose thin, bent form under the rigid folds of the black kaftan looked curiously weird in the feeble yellow light.
So the hunter stripped off hiskaftan and laid aside his heavy long-boots, and chose a spot where the snow was hard enough to bear him running over it, and stood ready to jump for his rank and position in life.
Before the horrified skipper could prevent him, the rash young Tsar had thrown away his kaftan and boots, and was in the act of mounting the bulwark, when a strong hand seized his shoulder and pulled him back.
Shurin caught at the kaftan of Boris to pull him over; while Katkoff, seeing that now, if ever, he must make his effort and end this struggle, rained his blows from above.
The king also, when in battle, wore all his royal ornaments, the purple kaftan over his armour, and the royal tiara.
The sleeves of her long striped kaftan hang slovenly down, and her dirty turban gives you the impression that she has slept in it for weeks together.
In the midst walks the Prince himself, in a magnificent green velvet kaftan and an ermine embroidered hat: he holds the sceptre in his hand.
Behind Khalid there entered a tottering fellow, bent with age, gray and unkempt; a patch over one eye, his blue kaftan sadly tattered, his turban a faded yellow shawl.
The soldiers noticed, too, that from under his kaftan gleamed the edge of chain mail, as if he were going to battle.
A gold chain fell on his breast, and over the right shoulder along the whole kaftan went to his left hip a sword-strap of Dutch leather, so set with diamonds that it looked like a strip of changing light.
He was dressed in black, in a kaftan made of stripes of silk and velvet, the sleeves of which were slashed and fastened together the length of the arm.
The artist had depicted him in a kaftan of crimson hue with large strass buttons; in his hand he held some sort of unusual flower.
Pavel Afanasievitch suddenly turned extremely pale, hastily took off his dressing-gown, put on a kaftan of a reddish hue with large strass buttons .
The major-domo withdrew, and Stepan sprang to his feet, drew on his kaftan and his boots, went out and came to a standstill on the porch.
The sultan went in person to his son, and requested him to humor the caprice of his mother, who very much wished for a kaftan made by his hands.
A splendid kaftan of cloth of gold, with a white cashmere shawl wound about it, and a white turban ornamented with sparkling jewels, denoted him to be a man of wealth and rank.
Labakan entered triumphantly, and spread his kaftan before the astonished eyes of the sultan.
Truly, thekaftan that your son has made is superb, and I should like to ask him of what master he learned his trade.
Over all is worn a long cloth robe, the gibbeh (or jibbeh) somewhat resembling the kaftan in shape, but having shorter sleeves, and being open in front.
The kaftan is confined by the girdle, which is a silk scarf, or cashmere or other woollen shawl.
Kaftan improves upon Ritschl, by granting that we know, not only Christian feelings, but also Christian facts.
Certainly this kaftan is a very fine one, but I should like to know what master taught this young man how to make clothes.
I wish to set them a task which requires sharp wits and clever hands, and I want them to try which of them can best make a kaftan and pair of trousers.
The kaftan just revealed a waistcoat of a shade of blue, with gold and green buttons and embroidery.
This younger son, a man over six foot and of exceptional physical strength, who was closely-shaven and dressed in the European style, though his father still wore a kaftan and a beard, came at once without a comment.
There is a forest in winter, and on a roadway through the forest, in absolute solitude, stands a peasant in a torn kaftan and bark shoes.
Again and again he knocked with his elbows (still gripping his money-bags with both hands), until the flesh was raw through selham and kaftan by beating against the wood.
His kaftan was of white cloth, with an embroidered leathern girdle; his turban was of white cotton, and his kisa was also white and transparent.
They followed him and touched his kaftan with their lips; they pushed their children under his hands for his blessing.
Her light kaftan had glided down from her bosom; he restored it to its place and, awe-struck, he continued gazing at the features of the lovely corpse.
And with that a couple of dülbendars advanced with the costly kaftan of investiture.
You fought the drunken Janissary for my sake, you shared your dwelling with me, you made me lie on your own bed while you slept on the bare ground, you even took off your kaftan to make my couch the softer.
He threw his arms around the sultan, crushing the satin of his kaftan and his armload of scrolls against his body.
He looked almost regal in his long scarlet kaftan and reddish-brown fur cap.
The sleeves of their shirts were so wide that they stuck out half a yard from the arms; the sleeves of the kaftan were still larger.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kaftan" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
