Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
love , n., It was worn by persons in mourning. - noun A light hood made of silk and gauze, worn in colonial days in New York.
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Examples
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Mistress Mary that morning wore a tabby petticoat of a crimson colour, and a crimson satin bodice shining over her arms and shoulders like the plumage of a bird, and down her back streamed her curls, shining like gold under her gauze love-hood.
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century 1900
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She looked out from that gauze love-hood of hers as she came up the aisle, and the governor, who had a harsh face enough ordinarily, beamed mildly indulgent.
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century 1900
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The love-hood was made of such thin and precious stuff that the gold of her head showed through.
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century 1900
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She looked out from that gauze love-hood of hers as she came up the aisle, and the governor, who had a harsh face enough ordinarily, beamed mildly indulgent.
The Heart's Highway Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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The love-hood was made of such thin and precious stuff that the gold of her head showed through.
The Heart's Highway Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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Mistress Mary that morning wore a tabby petticoat of a crimson colour, and a crimson satin bodice shining over her arms and shoulders like the plumage of a bird, and down her back streamed her curls, shining like gold under her gauze love-hood.
The Heart's Highway Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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