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)

1. 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^[sic] and according to the choreography of the dance.

2. 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.

Coordinate terms

• underscarf