cornette

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French: head-dress

Large, spreading, white, linen head-dress, worn by the Sisters of Charity. In the 14th century the cornette was a common head-gear for both men and women, and reached almost to the ground. Later it was a wide band of material wound around the head and reaching to the belt, to which it was attached.

MLA Citation

• “cornette”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 December 2010. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/cornette/>