headcloth
Americannoun
plural
headclothsEtymology
Origin of headcloth
before 1000; Middle English he ( v ) ed cloth; Old English hēafod clath; head, cloth
Example Sentences
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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
When I can remember to be a good Congolese wife, I tie it up in a headcloth.
From Literature
The cabin door opened and Dilsey emerged, again in the maroon cape and the purple gown, and wearing soiled white elbow-length gloves and minus her headcloth now.
From Literature
Most of the knots fixed that morning had loosened under her headcloth and were now cupfuls of soft wool her fingers thrilled to.
From Literature
And the carpenter's wife in the Miller's Tale wears something called a "voluper" which seems to have been a white headcloth with tapes attached.
From BBC
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