can't remember exactly where I picked up the words - probably reading in the Sheldon book, but it is related to saudi dressing; the head-cover worn by some of the males;
"Men also wear a head covering called a ghoutra and bound by a cord called agal" (link)
"with a ghutra (a large square of cotton held in place by a cord coil) worn on the head" - Wikipedia
now why did those two words get written down...?!
