hair net

noun

1. a cap of loose net, as of silk or nylon, for holding the hair in place.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hair net¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

When I go, I wear a disposable hair net and pretend I’m a grotto nymph, crawling around the corners of my subconscious transporting me back in time.

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She slipped out to take off her hair net and her gray uniform, changing into shiny black shoes and a sparkly red and black sweater.

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Take for example the cook, Thet said, standing by the kitchen door and gesturing at a middle-aged woman in an apron and a hair net, sweating over a wok.

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The photos also saw the star donning a white lab coat but neither gloves nor a hair net.

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“But I, who could see her soul, could also see her secret: that even while she wore a hair net and work clothes to scrub toilets and floors, she wore an invisible diadem.”

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