Etymology

Bollenhut

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Today it means: A formal headdress with woollen pompoms, worn since about 1750 by Protestant women as part of their folk costume in the three neighbouring Black Forest villages of Gutach, Kirnbach and Hornberg-Reichenbach. Full definition →

German Bollenhut
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  1. German · borrowed fromBollenhut
  2. English todayBollenhut

Borrowed from German Bollenhut.

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