headdress

[ hed-dres ]

/ ˈhɛdˌdrɛs /

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noun

a covering or decoration for the head: a tribal headdress of feathers.

a style or manner of arranging the hair.

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Origin of headdress

First recorded in 1695–1705; head + dress

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Examples from the Web for 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

Gbowee shook her head—wrapped, as usual, in a colorful African headdress —and sighed.
'It's Made My Voice Louder'|Leslie Bennetts|October 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A preposterous form of headdress arose in the time of Henry IV.
Women of England, Volume 9 (of 10)|Burleigh James Bartlett
They also suspend in the headdress an entire skin of the paroquet.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XIV|Edwin James
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
She herself removed her headdress, and one of her attendants gave her a cap into which she gathered her hair.
History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II.|James Anthony Froude
The woman was in a thick blue frieze cape and elaborate Sunday headdress.
A German Pompadour|Marie Hay

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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Word Origin and History for headdress

headdress

1703, from head (n.) + dress (n.).

headdress

noun

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