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My daughter had once taken a course in costume design so she knew that "a hennin is a tall, conical or heart-shaped hat sometimes worn with a flowing veil."— The Union - All Categories
Her softly rounded face looked absurdly childlike under the tall-crowned hennin, from which a wispy veil floated behind her as she moved In silence, then, for a spell, the German mercenary pondered her with those slowly kindling eyes, that slowly spreading, indefinite smile.— The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series
On her head is the muslin-draped and high-peaked "hennin."— Illuminated Manuscripts
Her softly rounded face looked absurdly childlike under the tall-crowned hennin, from which a wispy veil floated behind her as she moved.— The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series
He faltered on the word, "hennin."— The Union - All Categories

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