There were great lords in silks and velvets of every hue, their legs encased in the finest skins of Spain; there were great ladies, in tall, pointed hennins or bicorne headdresses and floating veils, with embroidered gowns that swept down below the bellies of their richly harnessed palfreys.— The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series
Their heads were tired in their fairest hennins, and they walked in their most holiday vesture.— Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
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