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Meaning of TURBAN-SHELL

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tur"ban-shell`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so
called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.

 

 

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