overscarf
English
Anna Duncan wearing leotard and overscarf
Woman on right has a pink overscarf over a white underscarf
Alternative forms
- over-scarf
Etymology
From over- + scarf.
Noun
overscarf (plural overscarves or overscarfs)
- A decorative scarf worn over clothing.
- 1969, Shirley Beegle, editor, 301 Creative Crafts, Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing, page 89:
- Vary the garments by making overscarves of a different color and draping them around the figures.
- 2015, Andrea Mantell Seidel, Isadora Duncan in the 21st Century, page 122:
- We costumed our Ondine in a sheer white tunic of the finest, most delicate quality silk with an overscarf tied at the shoulder blades in back.
- 2016, Andrea Mantell Seidel, Isadora Duncan in the 21st Century: Capturing the Art and Spirit of the Dancer’s Legacy, →ISBN, page 157:
- Isadora adopted this basic style but varied the fabrics, overscarfs, and fastenings overtime and according to the choreography of the dance.
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- A headscarf worn on top of an underscarf (another headscarf).
- 1998, Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, Grandmothers: Granddaughters Remember, page 182:
- She unpins her white overscarf and the satiny green and yellow one underneath.
- 2010, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, In Search of Islamic Feminism, page 368:
- Gail stood up, unpinned the wide voluminous overscarf, and proceeded to enlighten me about her head gear.
- 2015, Francis Dodsworth; Elena Vacchelli; Sophie Watson, “City”, in S. Brent Plate, editor, Key Terms in Material Religion, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:
- This message is further supported by the inclusion of a plethora of national symbols, including the Delft Blue underscarf with a red overscarf and the many red, white, and blue Dutch flags.
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Coordinate terms
- underscarf