Fichu: alternatives and connections

A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while…

A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over t…

A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace.

An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin…

An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.

A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by…

a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at…

An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from whi…

Leaving the neck and shoulders uncovered; cut low in the neck, or low-necked, as a dress.

To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.

In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground. See Brussels lace, under Br…

A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but…

Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat.

To work in, as lace; to embellish with work resembling lace; also, to lace or enlace.

An arrangement of lace or tulle, looped ornamentally, and worn by women on the front of the dress.

One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name be…

A lace. See Lace.