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underscarf en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈʌndɚˌskɑɹf/ (General-American)
• /ˈʌndəˌskɑːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From under- + scarf.

Meanings

1. A tight-fitting headscarf, usually elasticized, that is worn under a hijab or overscarf.
   • White and crisp and full, but pinned over an underscarf, and this underscarf was decorated with lace. 2010, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, In Search of Islamic Feminism, page 368:
   • She pays much attention to wearing matching headscarves, but does not like the style that many younger Turkish girls have adopted, who use underscarves and other materials to produce a high and voluminous head shape. 2015, Edward E. Curtis, The Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West:
   • Women with a Turkish background, on the other hand, have begun to wear more than square silk headscarfs; they now also use long pashmina shawls combined with underscarfs in contrasting colours (TB 2011-13, p.8). 2021, Juliane Kanitz, The Headscarf as a Business Card, page 191:

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Synonyms

undercap