headcloth

headcloth
/hed"klawth', -kloth'/, n., pl. headcloths /-klawdhz', -klodhz', -klawths', -kloths'/.
any cloth for covering the head, as a turban or wimple.
[bef. 1000; ME he(v)ed cloth; OE heafod clath; see HEAD, CLOTH]

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