headscarf
Sign in to savethumb|Women's headscarves for sale in Damascus|alt=Four mannequin heads with different headscarfs are arranged on top of a display-table of colourful headscarfs. thumb|In Christian cultures, nuns and [[widows often covered their bodies and hair. Here, widowed Queen Anna of Poland wears a 16th-century wimple with a veil and a ruff around her neck.|alt=Portrait of widowed Queen Anna of Poland wearing a white wimple, veil, and ruff typical of 16th-century noblewomen.]]
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thumb|Women's headscarves for sale in Damascus|alt=Four mannequin heads with different headscarfs are arranged on top of a display-table of colourful headscarfs. thumb|In Christian cultures, nuns and [[widows often covered their bodies and hair. Here, widowed Queen Anna of Poland wears a 16th-century wimple with a veil and a ruff around her neck.|alt=Portrait of widowed Queen Anna of Poland wearing a white wimple, veil, and ruff typical of 16th-century noblewomen.]]
A headscarf is a scarf covering most or all of the top of a person's, usually women's, hair and head, leaving the face uncovered. A headscarf is formed of a triangular cloth or a square cloth folded into a triangle, with which the head is covered.