head-dressingn.
/ˈhɛdˌdrɛsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌdrɛsɪŋ/ Now rare.
The action or process of dressing the hair or providing (decorative) attire for the head; hairdressing, millinery, etc. Also: headdresses collectively, headwear; (as a count noun) a headdress.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > specific part of body
head-dressing1568
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun]
attirec1380
headgeara1500
chapeau1523
headpiece1547
headclothes1549
attiring1552
head-tire1560
headdress1645
head-dressing1678
hairdress18..
headwear1867
ta-tac1910
1568 Sir. F. Knollys Let. 28 June in Antiq. Rep. (1808) II. 394 She hathe a new Devyce of Heade dressyng.
1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 70 Diuersly apparelled, and varying in theyr attyre and heade dressing.
1678 London Gaz. No. 1325/4 A laced Apron, a laced Head-dressing.
1757 Catal. & Descr. King Charles I's Coll. Pictures 41 Queen Mary, done in oil-colours, in a black and white head-dressing.
1767 Monthly Rev. Mar. 236 We do not mean..to say, that he writes well about head-dressing; but that he is apparently well-skilled in the theory of the art.
1845 Merry's Museum Jan. 26/2 Their guest had the most extraordinary taste in head-dressing!
1882 Our Native Land 30 One of the marked peculiarities is the style of head-dressing prevalent among the maidens.
1935 Amer. Anthropologist 37 649 A woman..has a high, fairly simple headdressing.
2003 Express (Nexis) 22 May 51 Milliners must look to approaching Ascot to..remind us that the ritual of headdressing is still alive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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