Bollenhut

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noun

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.

OriginGerman Bollenhut →
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Meanings

nounBollenhut (plural Bollenhuts)

plural Bollenhuts

  1. 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.

Origin

  1. GermanBollenhut
  2. EnglishBollenhut

Borrowed from German Bollenhut.

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APA

Bollenhut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bollenhut

MLA

“Bollenhut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bollenhut. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bollenhut,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bollenhut.

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