Headdress /(hĕd"drĕs`)/

Head·dress

Headdress

n.
  1. A covering or ornament for the head; a headtire; as, chiefs among the plains Indians had elaborate long headdresses with many feathers.
    Among birds the males very often appear in a most beautiful headdress, whether it be a crest, a comb, a tuft of feathers, or a natural little plume.
  2. A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether with or without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc.