French hood

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Christina of Denmark Dowager wearing a French hood

Noun

French hood (plural French hoods)

  1. (historical) A 16th-century woman's headdress consisting of a crescent-shaped frame, often with a veil in back, which allowed some of the hair in front to show.
    • 2011, Alison Weir, Henry VIII: King and Court, page 186:
      In her wedding portrait, Mary Tudor wears a nimbus-shaped French hood with her square-necked gown.
    • 2014, Angeline Fortin, Taken: A Laird for All Time Novel, page 199:
      Finally a matching, jewel-encrusted French hood covered her pixie cut, curving over her head from ear to ear with all the heft of the Crown Jewels.
    • 2017, Maria Hayward, Dress at the Court of King Henry VIII, page 172:
      In March 1520 Catherine of Aragon provided a French hood for her daughter Mary at a price of 11s which included the cost of 1 yard (0.91 m) of black velvet.