kerchief

• Skag did not understand all the words spoken, but he made out that this kerchief was a token that should find the hand that caused the wound "_and seal it unto torment_." —  Son of Power
• Married women wear coarse chemises and aprons of homespun linen; and their braided hair coiled on top of the head imparts a coronet shape to the gay cotton kerchief which is folded across the brow and knotted at the nape of the neck Young girls wear cotton chemises and aprons and print dresses, all purchased, not home made. —  Russian Rambles
• This kerchief was hers 1st Cav. —  Cromwell
• Mark how the stomacher's scarlet sets off the arch of her bosom, Prettily laced, and the bodice of black fits close to her figure; Neatly the edge of her kerchief is plaited into a ruffle, Which, with a simple grace, her chin's rounded outline encircles; Freely and lightly rises above it the head's dainty oval, And her luxuriant hair over silver bodkins is braided. —  The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English.
• This kerchief was also very handsomely embroidered with gold and silk. —  A Woman's Journey Round the World

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