headdress

In 2007, a Dorset man brought a lawn statute featuring a recognizable Egyptian headdress to an expert for evaluation.
7 Historically Significant Artifacts Rescued by Happenstance|The Daily Beast|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But some fashion-conscious Sikhs are reclaiming the individuality of their headdress.
Celebrating Sikh Style|Soraya Roberts|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He said he thought it “seemed right” to put his “sailors” in the headdress after seeing images of Sikh turbans.
Celebrating Sikh Style|Soraya Roberts|October 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Her beige niqab (a conservative Islamic headdress that shows only the eyes) was stained from hours of crying.
The Morning After Egypt’s Rabaa Massacre|Sophia Jones|July 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST

He thought Redskins was funny, just as he thought the war paint and feather headdress he made the head coach wear were funny.
The Racist Redskins|Michael Tomasky|June 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
These were led by the Nizam, who were dressed entirely in black, except for the yellow, mitre-like headdress.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
Why the ladies do not always give this beautiful headdress preference over ugly imported hats is a mystery to the masculine mind.
Argentina|W. A. Hirst
D'ye no think ye had best return this and get a woman with half her hair gray a little plainer headdress?
Freckles|Gene Stratton-Porter
He then put on the headdress and his ornamental clothes and stood up and asked his woman how he appeared in them.
Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park|James Willard Schultz
Each man wore a square-shaped headdress and all were chattering away with their peculiar guttural clicks.
The Blind Lion of the Congo|Elliott Whitney

British Dictionary definitions for headdress

headdress

/ (ˈhɛdˌdrɛs) /

noun

any head covering, esp an ornate one or one denoting a rank or occupation

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