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Meanings of headkerchief in English

Spanish
pañuelo de cabeza
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Square or triangular cloth worn as a covering for the head.

pañuelo de cabeza
Synonyms
Examples for "kerchief"
Examples for "kerchief"
1
The red kerchief which had confined it was lying on the floor.
Barbara Blomberg — Volume 01
2
He replaced the things, and carefully retied the ends of the kerchief.
The Choir Invisible
3
And he led him to where the kerchief lay on the ground.
Don Rodriguez; Chronicles of Shadow Valley
4
This time the white kerchief was dabbed over the keen blue eyes.
The Golden Bird
5
Vaulting off, the chief ran to the kerchief, and picked it up.
The Prairie Chief
1
Coasting by the Wendy's on the right, I spot my red bandanna.
Back on murder
2
I reached into my back pocket and brought out my red bandanna.
Rage
3
I'll be on the side of the road with a red bandanna.
Back on murder
4
Gosse advanced waving a red bandanna handkerchief as a flag of truce.
Man-Size
5
Richard tugged at his bandanna, then clamped a hand on Jack's biceps.
The talisman
Usage of headkerchief in English
1
Her headkerchief had slipped back, and she sat gazing down at her apron.
Jerusalem
2
One of her braids was coming undone, loose hair spilling out of her headkerchief.
The fifth servant
3
Vera's grandmother, dark eyes glowering from below a white headkerchief, keeps frowning and pulling Vera close to her.
Russian Winter
4
While passing through the living-room to the yard, she drew herself up, retied her headkerchief, and smoothed out her apron.
Jerusalem
5
Her bright eyes, beaming from under her headkerchief, suggested how she must have been the undisputed belle of her day.
Native Life in South Africa / Before and Since the European War ...
6
His fellow-prisoners stood around him each in his night-headkerchief knotted under his chin-gaunt, hooded figures, in the shifting light of the jailer's lantern.
The Scapegoat
Frequent collocations
Translations for headkerchief
Headkerchief through the time