headcloth

[hed-klawth, -kloth]

noun

plural

headcloths 

1. any cloth for covering the head, as a turban or wimple.

Word History and Origins

Origin of headcloth¹

before 1000; Middle English he ( v ) ed cloth; Old English hēafod clath; head, cloth

Example Sentences

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