1. kaftan(n = noun.artifact) caftan - a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East;
is a kind of dress, frock
2. kaftan(n = noun.artifact) caftan - a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant;
is a kind of cloak
See Caftan. [1913 Webster]
kaftan, var. of CAFTAN.