head_covering has definitions from the field of clothing
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[ noun ] (clothing) a garment that covers the head and face

Synonyms

veil

Used in print

(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)

In_particular he sought the gentle , sweet-faced nuns , with head_coverings and veils coming to the middle of their foreheads , remembering their expressions until he reached home and set them down on paper .

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