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, henley-on-thames, henna, hennepin, hennery, hennin, henoch, henoch-schönlein purpura, henotheism, henpeck, henpecked

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