Madras \Ma*dras"\, n. [So named after Madras, a city and presidency of India.]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)