/ˈhɛdskɑːft/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌskɑrft/, 1900s– headscarved. headscarvedadj.
/ˈhɛdskɑːvd/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌskɑrvd//ˈhɛdskɑːft/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌskɑrft/, 1900s– headscarved. Wearing or covered with a headscarf.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > other
head-lined1607
liripipionated1653
lappeted1804
headscarved1954
rollaway1960
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a head-scarf
kerchered1610
bandanaed1831
headscarved1954
1954 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 26 Sept. 9/1 Only a small group of Burgenstock villagers, including head-scarfed peasant women, watched the ‘glorious gamin’.
1960 M. Sharp Something Light ii. x. 91 A head-scarved plumpish figure.
1993 Guardian (Nexis) 23 July 22 She shuffled along in her patent leather shoes, headscarfed head inclined.
2011 C. Fitzgerald Fatal Touch xiv. 114 Cabinteely Catholic Church, to which my headscarfed and unrecognizably pious-looking mother took me to learn the ropes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1954