Medieval Glossary
Veil
An oval or rectangular piece of cloth that lay on top of a woman's hair. Fillets or barbettes would often help to anchor veils in place.
Related term(s): Fillet; Barbette; Wimple; Chaplet
Category: Clothing
Added: 11.05.04
Source information:
Singman, Jeffrey L. Daily Life in Medieval Europe. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1999. 44.
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