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loose head

British  

noun

  1. rugby the prop on the hooker's left in the front row of a scrum Compare tight head

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Signs of a potentially more relaxed attitude to the country's strict dress code for women were present at Pezeshkian's press conference on Monday, where some female journalists wore loose head coverings.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

A dozen collard varieties sport leaves ranging from green and blue-green to the yellow-green ones of Yellow Cabbage Collards, a North Carolina heirloom whose leaves form a loose head.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023

Online photos of the young pilot in her khaki jumpsuit, loose head scarf and aviator sunglasses went viral.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 5, 2015

While the emir remained seated, it was his wife who got up and delivered the speech--in English, wearing a loose head scarf that took nothing away from her film-star looks.

From Time Magazine Archive

The slender tree equals the longleaf in height and bears its dark green leaves in clusters of twos and threes, scattered on short branches that form a narrow loose head.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen