Definitions of headdress
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clothing for the headsynonyms: headgeartypes:capa tight-fitting headdresschapeau, hat, lidheaddress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brimhelmeta protective headgear made of hard material to resist blowshooda headdress that protects the head and facekaffiyehan Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agaltopknotheaddress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hairturbana traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the headwimpleheaddress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval womenbalaclava, balaclava helmeta cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the facebatting helmeta helmet worn by the batter in baseballbereta cap with no brim or bill; made of soft clothbiggina child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chinPanama, Panama hat, boater, leghorn, sailor, skimmer, straw hata stiff hat made of straw with a flat crowncalpac, calpack, kalpaca high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasusaventail, camail, ventaila medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neckcampaign hata broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown; formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnelslouch hata soft felt hat with a wide flexible brimcocked hathat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form pointscowla loose hood or hooded robe (as worn by a monk)crash helmeta padded helmet worn by people riding bicycles or motorcycles; protects the head in case of accidentsdeerstalkera tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by huntersbeaver, dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, toppera formal hat with a tall crown; sometimes covered with silk or with beaver furdunce cap, dunce's cap, fool's capa cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupilsfez, tarboosha felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crownfootball helmeta padded helmet with a face mask to protect the head of football playersfur hata hat made of furGlengarrya Scottish cap with straight sides and a crease along the top from front to back; worn by Highlanders as part of military dresshard hat, safety hat, tin hata lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workersheadpiecea protective helmet for the headkalansuwaa cap that is wrapped around by a turban and worn by Muslim religious eldersliberty capclose-fitting conical cap worn as a symbol of liberty during the French Revolution and in the U.S. before 1800mobcaplarge high frilly cap with a full crown; formerly worn indoors by womenmortarboardan academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on topnightcapa cloth cap worn in bedpinnera woman's cap with two long flaps pinned onsailor capa cap worn by sailorsshovel hata stiff broad-brimmed hat with the brim turned up at the sides and projecting in front; worn by some clergymen in Britainshower capa tight cap worn to keep hair dry while showeringski cap, stocking cap, toboggan, toboggan capa close-fitting woolen cap; often has a tapering tail with a tasselskullcaprounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the headsnap-brim hata hat with a snap brimsombreroa straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexicosou'westerwaterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in frontspace helmeta helmet worn by astronauts while in outer spacetiaraa jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasionstitfera hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat')toquea tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefswatch capa knitted dark blue wool cap worn by seamen in cold or stormy weatherwishing capa magical cap that secures whatever one wishes fortype of:article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearablea covering designed to be worn on a person's body
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