headscarf

plural headscarves · plural headscarfs · alternative head scarf · alternative head-scarf

1. A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.

   As far as only the Quran itself is concerned, wearing a headscarf is neither required nor prohibited.

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   But as Ms. Eran adjusted her resplendent costume, two young women wearing traditional headscarfs walked across the plaza nearby.

   1998 October 29, Stephen Kinzer, “Safranbolu Journal; The Alarming Scarf and Other Turkish Worries”, in The New York Times

   The headscarf is a perfect tool to block the nonmoderns from participating in the class privileges that the modern state represents.

   2012, Hilal Elver, The Headscarf Controversy: Secularism and Freedom of Religion, page 52

   By the early 1980s, Gucci was overlicensed, with its logo on every product imaginable from headscarves to key rings to lighters.

   2015, Ashok Som, Christian Blanckaert, The Road To Luxury

   Synonyms: headsquare, tudung