madras /(?)/

ma·dras

madras

n.
  1. A large silk-and-cotton kerchief, usually of bright colors, such as those often used by negroes for turbans.
    A black woman in blue cotton gown, red-and-yellow madras turban . . . crouched against the wall.
    — G. W. Cable.
  2. A light patterned cotton fabric.