French hood

plural French hoods

1. historicalA 16th-century woman's headdress consisting of a crescent-shaped frame, often with a veil in back, which allowed some of the hair in front to show.

   In her wedding portrait, Mary Tudor wears a nimbus-shaped French hood with her square-necked gown.

   2011, Alison Weir, Henry VIII: King and Court, page 186

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   Finally a matching, jewel-encrusted French hood covered her pixie cut, curving over her head from ear to ear with all the heft of the Crown Jewels.

   2014, Angeline Fortin, Taken: A Laird for All Time Novel, page 199

   In March 1520 Catherine of Aragon provided a French hood for her daughter Mary at a price of 11s which included the cost of 1 yard (0.91 m) of black velvet.

   2017, Maria Hayward, Dress at the Court of King Henry VIII, page 172