hennin

[ hen-in ]

/ ˈhɛn ɪn /

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noun

a conical or heart-shaped hat, sometimes extremely high, with a flowing veil or piece of starched linen about the crown, worn by women in the 15th century.

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Also called steeple headdress.

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

Words nearby hennin

Henley-on-Thames, henna, Hennepin, hennery, hen night, hennin, Henoch, hen of the woods, henotheism, hen party, henpeck

How to use hennin in a sentence

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.
English Costume|Dion Clayton Calthrop
He was also the sculptor of the mausoleum of Bishop Antoine de Hennin, erected in 1622 in the choir.
Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders|George Wharton Edwards
Wearing a hennin on her head, she was praying on bended knees before a stained-glass window.
Sentimental Education Vol 1|Gustave Flaubert
The single hennin was often two or three feet in height; the double one perhaps nearly as wide.
Joan of Arc|Laura E. Richards

Her coif was the tall medieval hennin of Plougastel, a flood of lace falling from its summit.
A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago|Anne Douglas Sedgwick