turk's head

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   an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban

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Questions about turk's head

What does turk's head mean?

turk's head means "an ornamental knot that resembles a small turban".

Is turk's head a common word?

turk's head is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.