hennin

American  

[hen-in] / ˈhɛn ɪn /

noun

1. 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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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

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 Jacob, P. L.

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.

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 France, Anatole

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