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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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 Calthrop, Dion Clayton
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 Jacob, P. L.
Wearing a hennin on her head, she was praying on bended knees before a stained-glass window.
From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave
No doubt ladies were just human in those days, and fussed and frittered over an inch or so of hennin, or a yard or two of train.
From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton
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 Sabatini, Rafael
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