Underscarf

Quick meaning: Underscarf is a noun meaning A tight-fitting headscarf, usually elasticized, that is worn under a hijab or overscarf.

Meaning

A tight-fitting headscarf, usually elasticized, that is worn under a hijab or overscarf.

Example Sentences

White and crisp and full, but pinned over an underscarf, and this underscarf was decorated with lace.

Women with a Turkish background, on the other hand, have begun to wear more than square silk headscarfs; they now also use long pashmina shawls combined with underscarfs in contrasting colours (TB 2011-13, p.8).

She pays much attention to wearing matching headscarves, but does not like the style that many younger Turkish girls have adopted, who use underscarves and other materials to produce a high and voluminous head shape.

Word Forms

• underscarfs
• underscarves

Synonyms for underscarf

Depending on context, synonyms include undercap.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overscarf, headscarf, scarf, headwrap, headband, cloud.

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