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Definitions for: Headdress [n] clothing for the head
Webster (1913) Definition: Head"dress`, n.
1. A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire.
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.
2. A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether
with or without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc.
Synonyms: headgear
See Also: apparel, article of clothing, cap, chapeau, clothes, clothing, hat, helmet, hood, jewelled headdress, lid, miter, mitre, topknot, turban, vesture, wear, wearing apparel, wimple
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