headdress
IPA: hˈɛdrɛs
noun
- A decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.
- A hairdo.
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Examples of "headdress" in Sentences
- Feeding at a tubular blossom protruding out of the headdress is a hummingbird.
- In western Iraq, the favored headdress is white and red; in the south it is white and black.
- This headdress is a frame into which the hair is twisted on each side, and a few hairs are taken from the top of the head up to the frame.
- The 15-minute film shows Mr Jami interviewing the prophet Muhammed, played by an actor wearing a Bedouin headdress, his face covered by a paper mask.
- The falling mass below the headdress is intended to represent hair dressed according to the Egyptian fashin, in an infinite number of small plaits, each finished off with an ornamental tag.
- On Saturday Mr. Al Essawy stepped into the cage, which was painted like an Egyptian flag, sporting a ponytail, a tank top scrawled with a pro-Palestinian slogan and the traditional Palestinian headdress, a kafiya, wrapped around his neck.
- The front of the headdress was a smooth, masklike, transparent covering that allowed the wearer's features to be eas ily identified and her expressions easily read, and also allowed a broad visual sweep with the fullest possible peripheral sight lines.
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