English Explanatory Dictionary

Bollenhut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A formal headdress with woollen pompoms, worn since about 1750 by Protestant women as part of their folk costume in the three neighbouring Black Forest villages of Gutach, Kirnbach and Hornberg-Reichenbach.

Word forms

Bollenhut Bollenhuts

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bollenhut.

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