headcloth
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of headcloth
before 1000; Middle English he ( v ) ed cloth; Old English hēafod clath; see head, cloth
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In the widely shared video, he wears a traditional outfit known as a Teluk Belanga with a Malay Riau headcloth.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025
When Amin ventures out of the hotel, he wears the shapeless white thobe gown and ghutra headcloth worn by most Saudi men.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wears no crown or special mark of his kingship; the gold cords that bind his headcloth are worn by several other royal princes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most of the knots fixed that morning had loosened under her headcloth and were now cupfuls of soft wool her fingers thrilled to.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
He put his headcloth in place and secured it with a ring made of camel skin.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
But he does not even need them, especially these days when he swaggers about in fine headcloths and new-made sandals.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
The story poured out—Gebu’s sandals, his headcloths, his ointments, his peculiar remark to Wenamon months before.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
He thrust the bundle deep into the chest and with shaking hands scattered the shentis and headcloths over it, shut the battered lid and sprang for the stairs.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
After a hundred years or more of headcloths and hidden hair suddenly appears a head of hair.
From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton
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