hennin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hennin
1850–55; < French, Middle French, perhaps < Middle Dutch henninck rooster, from a fancied resemblance of the hat to a rooster's comb
Example Sentences
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Her softly rounded face looked absurdly childlike under the tall-crowned hennin, from which a wispy veil floated behind her as she moved.
From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Rafael Sabatini
The correct angle of forty-five degrees changed into a right angle, the steeple hat, the hennin, came toppling down, and an embroidered bonnet, perched right on the back of the head, came into vogue.
From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop
Her head-dress was a sort of hennin, with two high points; and pearls of splendid lustre made it bright and luminous as a crescent moon.
From The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France
Thus the head-dress of Anne of Brittany is still that of the peasant-women of Penhoét and of Labrevack, and the hennin of Isabel of Bavaria is still the head-dress of Normandy.
From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob
Their head-dresses consisted of very large rolls, surmounted by a high conical bonnet called a hennin, the introduction of which into France was attributed to Queen Isabel of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI.
From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob
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