hennin

[ hen-in ]

/ ˈhɛn ɪn /

noun

a conical or heart-shaped hat, sometimes extremely high, with a flowing veil or piece of starched linen about the crown, worn by women in the 15th century.

Also called steeple headdress.

Origin of hennin

1850–55; <French, Middle French, perhaps <Middle Dutch henninck rooster, from a fancied resemblance of the hat to a rooster's comb

Words nearby hennin

Henley-on-Thames, henna, Hennepin, hennery, hen night, hennin, Henoch, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, hen of the woods, henotheism, hen party

Example sentences from the Web for hennin

Her coif was the tall medieval hennin of Plougastel, a flood of lace falling from its summit.
A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Wearing a hennin on her head, she was praying on bended knees before a stained-glass window.
Sentimental Education Vol 1|Gustave Flaubert
No doubt ladies were just human in those days, and fussed and frittered over an inch or so of hennin, or a yard or two of train.
English Costume|Dion Clayton Calthrop

单词	hennin
释义	hennin [ hen-in ] / ˈhɛn ɪn / noun a conical or heart-shaped hat, sometimes extremely high, with a flowing veil or piece of starched linen about the crown, worn by women in the 15th century. Also called steeple headdress. Origin of hennin 1850–55; <French, Middle French, perhaps <Middle Dutch henninck rooster, from a fancied resemblance of the hat to a rooster's comb Words nearby hennin Henley-on-Thames, henna, Hennepin, hennery, hen night, hennin, Henoch, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, hen of the woods, henotheism, hen party Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hennin Her coif was the tall medieval hennin of Plougastel, a flood of lace falling from its summit. A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago\|Anne Douglas Sedgwick Wearing a hennin on her head, she was praying on bended knees before a stained-glass window. Sentimental Education Vol 1\|Gustave Flaubert No doubt ladies were just human in those days, and fussed and frittered over an inch or so of hennin, or a yard or two of train. English Costume\|Dion Clayton Calthrop
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