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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Headdress \Head"dress'\ (h[e^]d"dr[e^]s'), noun
1. A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire; as, chiefs among the plains Indians had elaborate long headdresses with many feathers.
Among birds the males very often appear in a most beautiful headdress, whether it be a crest, a comb, a tuft of feathers, or a natural little plume. --Addison.
2. A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether with or without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
headdress
noun: clothing for the head [syn: {headgear}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "headdress": Afro, cap, chapeau, coif, coiffure, cold wave, conk, coverchief, haircut, hairdo, hairstyle, handkerchief, hat, headcloth, headgear, headpiece, headtire, headwear, home permanent, kerchief, lid, millinery, natural, permanent, permanent wave, process, wave
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Head-dress Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned in Ex. 28:40 (A.V., "bonnets;" R.V., "head-tires"). It was used especially for purposes of ornament (Job 29:14; Isa. 3:23; 62:3). The Hebrew word here used, _tsaniph_, properly means a turban, folds of linen wound round the head. The Hebrew word _peer_, used in Isa. 61:3, there rendered "beauty" (A.V.) and "garland" (R.V.), is a head-dress or turban worn by females (Isa.
3: 20, "bonnets"), priests (Ex. 39:28), a bridegroom (Isa. 61:10, "ornament;" R.V., "garland"). Ezek. 16:10 and Jonah 2:5 are to be understood of the turban wrapped round the head. The Hebrew _shebisim_ (Isa. 3:18), in the Authorized Version rendered "cauls," and marg. "networks," denotes probably a kind of netted head-dress. The "horn" (Heb. keren) mentioned in 1 Sam. 2:1 is the head-dress called by the Druses of Mount Lebanon the tantura.
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