Definition of headdress

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Headdress (n.) A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire.

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Corking Pin :: Corking pin () A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold..
Turban :: Turban (n.) A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck..
Mobcap :: Mobcap (n.) A plain cap or headdress for women or girls; especially, one tying under the chin by a very broad band, generally of the same material as the cap itself..
Periwig :: Periwig (n.) A headdress of false hair, usually covering the whole head, and representing the natural hair; a wig..
Headdress :: Headdress (n.) A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether with or without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc..
Fontange :: Fontange (n.) A kind of tall headdress formerly worn.
Toy :: Toy (v. t.) A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; -- called also toy mutch..
Attire :: Attire (n.) Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing..
Tower :: Tower (n.) A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress..
Busby :: Busby (n.) A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder..
Coronet :: Coronet (n.) An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown..
Shako :: Shako (n.) A kind of military cap or headdress.
Pinner :: Pinner (n.) A headdress like a cap, with long lappets..
Fret :: Fret (n.) The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair..
Lappet :: Lappet (n.) A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress..
Headtire :: Headtire (n.) A headdress.
Tiara :: Tiara (n.) A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over..
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To put the usual covering or headdress on.
Millinery :: Millinery (n.) The articles made or sold by milliners, as headdresses, hats or bonnets, laces, ribbons, and the like..
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A headdress for men and boys; a cap.
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