Headdress

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Headdress \Head"dress`\ (h[e^]d"dr[e^]s`), n.
     1. A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire; as,
        chiefs among the plains Indians had elaborate long
        headdresses with many feathers.
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              Among birds the males very often appear in a most
              beautiful headdress, whether it be a crest, a comb,
              a tuft of feathers, or a natural little plume.
                                                    --Addison.
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     2. A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether
        with or without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  headdress
       n : clothing for the head [syn: {headgear}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "headdress":
     Afro, cap, chapeau, coif, coiffure, cold wave, conk, coverchief,
     haircut, hairdo, hairstyle, handkerchief, hat, headcloth, headgear,
     headpiece, headtire, headwear, home permanent, kerchief, lid,
     millinery, natural, permanent, permanent wave, process, wave
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Head-dress
     Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned in
     Ex. 28:40 (A.V., "bonnets;" R.V., "head-tires"). It was used
     especially for purposes of ornament (Job 29:14; Isa. 3:23;
     62:3). The Hebrew word here used, _tsaniph_, properly means a
     turban, folds of linen wound round the head. The Hebrew word
     _peer_, used in Isa. 61:3, there rendered "beauty" (A.V.) and
     "garland" (R.V.), is a head-dress or turban worn by females
     (Isa. 3: 20, "bonnets"), priests (Ex. 39:28), a bridegroom (Isa.
     61:10, "ornament;" R.V., "garland"). Ezek. 16:10 and Jonah 2:5
     are to be understood of the turban wrapped round the head. The
     Hebrew _shebisim_ (Isa. 3:18), in the Authorized Version
     rendered "cauls," and marg. "networks," denotes probably a kind
     of netted head-dress. The "horn" (Heb. keren) mentioned in 1
     Sam. 2:1 is the head-dress called by the Druses of Mount Lebanon
     the tantura.