var. CAFTAN. So Kaftaned a.
1662. J. Davies, trans. Olearius’ Voy. Ambass., III. (1669), 56. Upon the Kaftan they wear a close Coat … called Feres.
1889. Hall Caine, Scapegoat (1891), I. i. 20. His kaftan was of white cloth, with an embroidered leathern girdle.
1898. Blackw. Mag., Oct., 537/2. Wild Kaftaned drivers.
