underscarf

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ scarf.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʌndəˌskɑːf/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʌndɚˌskɑɹf/
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Noun

underscarf (plural underscarfs or underscarves)

  1. A tight-fitting headscarf, usually elasticized, that is worn under a hijab or overscarf.
    Synonym: undercap
    • 2010, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, In Search of Islamic Feminism, page 368:
      White and crisp and full, but pinned over an underscarf, and this underscarf was decorated with lace.
    • 2015, Edward E. Curtis, The Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West:
      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.
    • 2021, Juliane Kanitz, The Headscarf as a Business Card, page 191:
      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).
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