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Head covering   /hɛd kˈəvərɪŋ/   Listen
Head covering

noun
1.
A garment that covers the head and face.  Synonym: veil.






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"Head covering" Quotes from Famous Books



... with the tarboosh, others with the kahleelyah or head handkerchief, all chattering with the exception of the higher classes and the Bedouins, the latter clothed in white, with the distinctive thong of camel's hair wound about the head covering, arms folded and face passively serene, looking as though they had stepped right out of the Old Testament on to the fly-ridden, sunbaked station of Ismailiah; whilst vendors of cakes, sticky, melting sweets, and small oranges, wandered in and out of the crowd screaming ...
— Desert Love • Joan Conquest



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