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2. Wimple - Wikipedia

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   A wimple is a medieval form of female headcovering, formed of a large piece of cloth worn draped around the neck and chin, covering the top of the head; it was usually made from white linen or silk. Its use developed in early medieval Europe; in medieval Christianity it was unseemly for a married woman to show her hair. A wimple might be ...

3. List of headgear - Wikipedia

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   Bowler, also coke hat, billycock, boxer, bun hat, derby; Busby; Bycocket – a hat with a wide brim that is turned up in the back and pointed in the front; Cabbage-tree hat – a hat woven from leaves of the cabbage tree; Capotain (and women) – a tall conical hat, 17th century, usually black – also, copotain, copatain; Caubeen – Irish hat

4. Escoffion - Wikipedia

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   The covering of hair, sometimes called a bongrace, was a common custom amongst women of the Middle Ages, and continued to be a prominent feature in headwear for many centuries. The escoffion was usually worn by women of high status, such as those who lived in the court, or those who were a part of the Royal Family .

5. Chaperon (headgear) - Wikipedia

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   Chaperon is a diminutive of chape, which derives, like the English cap, cape and cope, from the Late Latin cappa, which already could mean cap, cape or hood ().. The tail of the hood, often quite long, was called the tippit [2] or liripipe in English, and liripipe or cornette in French.

6. Headscarf - Wikipedia

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   Women's headscarves for sale in Damascus In Christian cultures, nuns cover their bodies and hair. Here is an example of a 16th-century wimple, worn by a widowed Queen Anna of Poland, with a veil and a ruff around the neck. A headscarf is a scarf covering most or all of the top of a person's, usually women's, hair and head, leaving the face ...

7. Caul (headgear) - Wikipedia

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   A caul is a historical headress worn by women that covers tied-up hair. A fancy caul could be made of satin, velvet, fine silk or brocade, although a simple caul would commonly be made of white linen or cotton. The caul could be covered by a crespine or a hairnet to secure it from falling off.