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re⋅bo⋅zo

[ri-boh-soh, -zoh; Sp. re-baw-thaw, -saw]
–noun, plural -zos [-sohz, -zohz; Sp. -thaws, -saws] .
a long woven scarf, often of fine material, worn over the head and shoulders by Spanish and Mexican women.
Also, reboso, rebosa, riboso, ribozo.


Origin:
1800–10; < Sp: scarf, shawl, equiv. to re- re- + bozo muzzle
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re·bo·zo   (rĭ-bō'sō, -zō)   
n.   pl. re·bo·zos
A long scarf worn over the head and shoulders chiefly by Mexican women.

[Spanish, from rebosar, to muffle with a shawl : re-, back (from Latin; see re-) + bozo, muzzle, mouth (from Vulgar Latin *bucceum, from Latin bucca, cheek).]
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