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Re: 4 new japanese legs
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2018, 11:49:02 »
maybe its my poor vocab....would you call them veils if they cover the back of the heads instead of their faces?

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Re: 4 new japanese legs
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2018, 13:10:31 »
maybe its my poor vocab....would you call them veils if they cover the back of the heads instead of their faces?

I wouldn't call them a veil.. but don't know WHAT to call them.

I forgot about that more recent dark one  :-[

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Re: 4 new japanese legs
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2018, 22:05:52 »
It is called a Cowl from the Latin cuculla, meaning "a hood"
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Re: 4 new japanese legs
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2018, 08:54:13 »
It is called a Cowl from the Latin cuculla, meaning "a hood"

Thanks, The_Mad_Hadder  :)

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Re: 4 new japanese legs
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2018, 11:05:48 »
It is called a Cowl from the Latin cuculla, meaning "a hood"

thanks too Mad Hadder.....I must try to remember....Heather call it 'cowl' too....I used to build plastic model planes and helicopters....engine cowls usually referred to those hard, shell-like covers, so somehow this term felt funny referring to soft headwear  :P

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Re: 4 new japanese legs
« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2018, 13:38:37 »
Uhm... you must - they are white (afaik), and were very popular in the old arab sets... Then had a (red?) "ring" on top..

Example: 3586 (from playmobil.de)

Ah, thanks, tahra.  I've never looked closely the Arab theme.  I understand now.
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Re: 4 new japanese legs
« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2018, 13:43:51 »
It is called a Cowl from the Latin cuculla, meaning "a hood"

I would only have applied that where the head covering was attached to the body of the garment. 

The headdress worn by Arabs is a ghutra
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Re: 4 new japanese legs
« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2018, 16:15:13 »
I would only have applied that where the head covering was attached** to the body of the garment.


meaning we can only use the 'generic' name 'cowl' for Kenobi in Star Wars (or Red Riding Hood or a priest) and not for the arab headress (which is just a piece of cloth over the head)?




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Re: 4 new japanese legs
« Reply #18 on: January 18, 2018, 16:32:17 »
As plymofire pointed out ghutra is the name of the head dress worn by Arabs.
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Re: 4 new japanese legs
« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2018, 01:14:21 »
As playmofire pointed out ghutra is the name of the head dress worn by Arabs.

Heather probably has the most appropriate names for those types she listed as kerchief, head scarf, head dress and hood...thanks everyone! :)