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单词 widow's cap
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Definition of widow's cap in English:

widow's cap

noun
Australian
  • A cap worn by an Aboriginal woman as part of a mourning ritual, made from gypsum paste.

    when a widow's term of mourning was over, she would take the widow's cap and place it on the grave of her husband
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The skull of one skeleton from the Lake Victoria site was adorned with a gypsum 'widow's cap'.
    • A complete specimen of a widow's cap resembles the modern crash helmet worn by motor cyclists and may be from half an inch to one inch thick.
    • A widow wearing a widow's cap, with her face and body smeared with white pipe-clay, was a sign of mourning.
    • There was a gypsum "widow's cap" left on the head at the time of burial.
    • She puts on her widow's cap, which, as it wears out, has to be renewed for many months.
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