headscarf
nounUS /ˈhɛdˌskɑɹf/
Etymology From head + scarf.
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A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.
- As far as only the Quran itself is concerned, wearing a headscarf is neither required nor prohibited.
- But as Ms. Eran adjusted her resplendent costume, two young women wearing traditional headscarfs walked across the plaza nearby.1998 October 29, Stephen Kinzer, “Safranbolu Journal; The Alarming Scarf and Other Turkish Worries”, in The New York Times:
2 more examples
- The headscarf is a perfect tool to block the nonmoderns from participating in the class privileges that the modern state represents.2012, Hilal Elver, The Headscarf Controversy: Secularism and Freedom of Religion, page 52:
- By the early 1980s, Gucci was overlicensed, with its logo on every product imaginable from headscarves to key rings to lighters.2015, Ashok Som, Christian Blanckaert, The Road To Luxury:
- Derived terms
- headscarfed, headscarfless