释义 |
‖ tignon|ˈtiːjɒn| [Louisiana Fr., f. F. tigne, dial. var. of standard F. teigne moth.] A handkerchief worn as a turban head-dress by Creole women.
1884Daily Inter-Ocean (Chicago) 2 July 1/5 [The women's heads were] adorned with the traditional head handkerchief of the tignon. 1935M. Morphy Recipes of All Nations 664 The old Creole women..with their brightly coloured bandana tignons or head-dress. 1961M. G. Eberhart Cup, Blade or Gun i. 3 A..Negro woman, in a dark dress and snowy white apron and tignon. 1979― Bayou Road xix. 187 Liss's tightly wrapped tignon, her dark face. |