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Definition: Headdress |
HeaddressNoun1. Clothing for the head. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "headdress" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
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Bible | Head-dress Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned in Ex. 28:40 (A.V., "bonnets;" R.V., "head-tires"). It was used especially for purposes of ornament (Job 29:14; Isa. 3:23; 62:3). The Hebrew word here used, _tsaniph_, properly means a turban, folds of linen wound round the head. The Hebrew word _peer_, used in Isa. 61:3, there rendered "beauty" (A.V.) and "garland" (R.V.), is a head-dress or turban worn by females (Isa. 3: 20, "bonnets"), priests (Ex. 39:28), a bridegroom (Isa. 61:10, "ornament;" R.V., "garland"). Ezek. 16:10 and Jonah 2:5 are to be understood of the turban wrapped round the head. The Hebrew _shebisim_ (Isa. 3:18), in the Authorized Version rendered "cauls," and marg. "networks," denotes probably a kind of netted head-dress. The "horn" (Heb. keren) mentioned in 1 Sam. 2:1 is the head-dress called by the Druses of Mount Lebanon the tantura. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Headgear is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on one's head. A hat is headgear on the top of the head, but excluding a wig.
A baseball capApplications:
- protection against impact, cold, rain and other water, snow, hail, heat, sun burn, dust, infection, chemicals, noise
- decoration
- religious purposes
- hiding baldness
- distinction
Types of headgear
- Balaclava
- Beret
- Bonnet
- chef's hat
- Crown
- Derby
- Fun nose (for clowns etc.)
- Hard Hat
- Helmet
- Bicycle Helmet
- Motorcycle Helmet
- Space Helmet
- Hood: a soft "hat" covering the top and back of the head, connected to a coat or shirt; when not in use it hangs on the back, or sometimes there is a pocket in the neck to fold it into.
- Masks: for protection, against recognition, for fun (such as with carnival) and theatre)
- Tiara
- Toupee
- Wig
Protective hats
The most common use of a hat is as protection for the head and eyes. A baseball cap is used by sports players to keep the sun out of their eyes, and by some chefs to keep the hair out of their food. Traditionally, silk chef's hats are used for this purpose. A rain hat has a wide rim to keep the rain out of the wearer's face. Some traditional types of hat such as the Mexican sombrero also serve this purpose. There are also the full range of helmets. There are also hats that are worn for protection from the cold. These include many varities of fur hats, and also the Canadian tuque.
Fashionable hats
Hats are also an article of fashion; the formal man's black silk top hat was formerly an indispensible portion of the suit, and women's hats have, over the years, attained a fantastic number of shapes ranging from immense confections to no more than a few bits of cloth and decorations piled on top of the head. Recently, the hat as an article of formal wear has fallen out of fashion, though some kinds of hats other than baseball caps may be included in young people's subcultural fashions.
Religious hats
A number of hats are used for religious purposes. Observant Jewish men wear yarmulkes, small cloth skull-caps, because they believe the head should be covered in the presence of God. Some Jewish men wear yarmulkes at all times, others in the synagogue.
Similar to the yarmulke is the zucchetto worn by Roman Catholic clergy. Other forms of apostolic head-gear include the mitre, biretta, tasselled cardinal's hat, and the papal tiara.
Male Sikhs are required to wear turbans. See also the fez.
The term red hat when used within the Roman Catholic Church refers to the appointment of a Cardinal, a senior Prince of the Church who is a member of the electoral college that chooses the Pope. A person on being appointed to the cardinalate is said to have received the red hat or cardinal's biretta.
Jewelry
A number of jewelss, including the crown, coronet, and tiara, have evolved from the hat.
Hat etiquette
Men who wear hats typically take them off in church (but not a synagogue) and other buildings, as a salute, when a national anthem is played, and at other such occasions. The hat can be "tipped" (briefly removed) as a greeting. Women usually do not take off their hats in these situations, but take their hats off in their own homes.
Red Hat produces Red Hat Linux, a widely used distribution of Linux.
The neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote a book entitled The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat. Michael Nyman later wrote an opera with the same title, based on the case-study which gave that book its name.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hat."
Synonym: HeaddressSynonym: headgear (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Headdress, headgear; chapeau, crush hat, opera hat; kaffiyeh; sombrero, jam, tam-o-shanter, tarboosh, topi, sola topi, pagri, puggaree; cap, hat, beaver hat, coonskin cap; castor, bonnet, tile, wideawake, wimple; nightcap, mobcap, skullcap; hood, coif; capote, calash; kerchief, snood, babushka; head, coiffure; crown; (circle); chignon, pelt, wig, front, peruke, periwig, caftan, turban, fez, shako, csako, busby; kepi, forage cap, bearskin; baseball cap; fishing hat; helmet; mask, domino. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Headdress |
| English words defined with "headdress": cap, chapeau, Corking pin, crown ♦ diadem ♦ Fontange ♦ hat, Headtire, hood ♦ jewelled headdress ♦ lappet, lid ♦ miter, mitre ♦ tiara, topknot, turban ♦ wimple. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "headdress": Corking pin. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Canada Vignettes: Headdress (1979) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | [A man wearing feathered headdress selling patent medicines] / [P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Ben Shahn].. |  | Running Horse, half-length portrait, facing slightly right with arms folded; wearing feather headdress and bone breast plate. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Red Bird, Sioux Indian, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing feathered headdress. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Crazy Walking, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing feathered headdress and holding peace pip. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Ainu chief wearing a headdress. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Indians of North America. North American Indian with headdress. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Samoan Chief - head and shoulders, wearing ceremonial headdress. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Civil Liberties | Tanzania | Muslim groups report that subsequently they were allowed to challenge and overturn the bans through use of the judicial system, which ruled that certain traditional religious attire (such as hijaab headdress) was permitted by law in all public schools. (references) |
Philippines | In November the Department of Education, Culture, and Sports directed that schools ensure that the religious rights of students be protected, and specifically that Muslim students be allowed to wear their headdress ("hijab") and that Muslim girls not be required to wear shorts during physical education classes. (references) | |
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| "Headdress" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Headdress" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 36 | 57,479 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "headdress": jewelled headdress. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "headdress"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shami koke (headkerchief, kerchief, Tucker, wimple), model flokësh (haircut, hairdo). (various references) | |
Arabic | غطاء للرأس (barb), عصابة للرأس (fillet). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | украшение за глава (headgear, tire), шапка (billycock, hat, headgear, headpiece, lid, titfer), прическа (coiffure, hairdo, hairstyle). (various references) | |
Czech | èepec (bonnet, hood), èelenka (coronet). (various references) | |
Farsi | پوشاک سر, ارایش مو (Coiffure), ارایش سر, روسری زنانه . (various references) | |
French | coiffure (head-dress). (various references) | |
German | Frisur (coiffure, hair style, haircut, hairdo, hair-do, hairstyle, set). (various references) | |
Greek | κόσμημα κεφαλήσ, κόμμωση (coiffure, hair do, hair-do). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מצ פת (bonnet, shtreiml, turban), כסוי ראש. (various references) | |
Hungarian | hajviselet (coiffure, hairdo, hair-do, hairdressing, pouf, pouffe), frizura (becoming style of hair-dressing, clip, coiffure, haircut, hairdo, hair-do, hairdressing, hairstyle, head-dress), fityula (barb, cap), fejfedő (hat, headgear, lid), fejdísz (crest, diadem, head-dress, tiara, tire). (various references) | |
Italian | pettinatura (coiffure, combing, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle, haistyle), copricapo (cap, headgear, headpiece), acconciatura (coiffure, hairstyle). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 被り物 (headgear). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かぶりもの (headgear). (various references) | |
Manx | eaddagh king. (various references) | |
Mohawk | kahstowa. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eaddresshay.(various references) | |
Russian | головной убор (headgear). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | šešir (hat, headgear). (various references) | |
Spanish | tocado (coiffure, cuckoo, feigned, left, moonstruck, toilet, toilette, touched). (various references) | |
Swedish | huvudbonad (headgear). (various references) | |
Thai | เครื่องประ"ับศีรษะ. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | головний убір, зачіска (coiffure, hairdo). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "headdress": headdresses. (additional references) | |
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"Headdress" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Phaedrus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "headdress" (pronounced he"dre's) |
| 4 | -d r e' s | address, overdress. |
| 3 | -r e' s | letterpress, progress, watercress. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-h-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: redheads, shedders. | |
-2 letters: address, adhered, adheres, dashers, deashed, deashes, dressed, headers, hearsed, hearses, redhead, resedas, shaders, sheared, shedder. | |
-3 letters: adders, adhere, dashed, dasher, dashes, deader, dreads, erased, erases, haeres, headed, header, hearse, heders, herded, rashes, readds, reseda, reshes, sadder, sadhes, sarees, sashed, seared, seders, shaded, shader, shades, shards, shared, shares, shears, sheers, sherds. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-e-h-r-s-s" | |
+2 letters: headdresses. | |
+3 letters: balderdashes. | |
+5 letters: dehydrogenases, forehandedness, freehandedness, hardhandedness, hardheadedness, schadenfreudes. | |
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