HEAD-DRESS
NOUNS
► BANDORE a widow’s head-dress, worn to signify her mourning state → L17
► GALLITRAP an unbecoming head-dress or ornament → 1777 Eng. dial.
► HEAD-RAIL the head-dress or kerchief of women in Old English times → 1834 obs. exc. Hist.
► HEAD-TIRE a head-dress; attire for the head → 1560 now arch. or Eng. dial.
► KELL a woman’s head-dress, hair-net, or cap → a1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► KERCHIEF a woman’s head-dress → a1300
► PALISADE a wire supporting the hair, a part of the head-dress fashionable in the early part of the 17th century → 1690 obs.
► TIRE a head-dress; a covering, dress, or ornament for a woman’s head → c1425 arch.
► TIRING head-dress, attire, apparel → 1552 arch.
► TOPPING a high head-dress or coiffure → c1690 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► TIRE-MAKER a head-dress-maker → 1611 obs.
VERBS
► TIRE to dress the hair or head with a ‘tire’ or head-dress → 1539 arch.
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