sheitel
noun/ˈʃeɪtl/
/ˈʃeɪtl/
- a wig worn by some Jewish married womenTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Yiddish sheytl, from a Germanic base meaning ‘crown of the head’.
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