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I chose a white one trimmed with pale blue, a white _bavolet_ and blue strings.
My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt 1884
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a very elegant form, with deep bavolet or curtain; a droop of small feathers on the left side.
The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Various
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A cap worn by French peasant women. In the 16th century, the bavolette was a piece of fabric folded and attached to the cap, with the folds projecting over the forehead and hanging down in the back. A 19th-century style called the curtain bonnet had a back ruffle, called a bavolet, that shaded the neck.
November 14, 2007