Definition of "headdress" []

• A covering or ornament for the head. (noun)
• A hairdo; a coiffure. (noun)

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• "Feeding at a tubular blossom protruding out of the headdress is a hummingbird."
• "This headdress is a frame into which the hair is twisted on each side, and a few hairs are taken from the top of the head up to the frame."
• "The 15-minute film shows Mr Jami interviewing the prophet Muhammed, played by an actor wearing a Bedouin headdress, his face covered by a paper mask."