hennin

See also: Hennin

English

hennin

Noun

hennin (plural hennins)

(historical) A headdress in the shape of a cone, "steeple" or truncated cone worn by European women of the nobility in medieval times.

Translations

medieval headgear

Dutch: hennin
French: hennin (fr) m

German: Hennin m
Italian: hennin

French

Noun

hennin m (plural hennins)

hennin

Further reading

“hennin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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