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Example sentences for "hennin"

Lexicographically close words:
henge; henhouse; henna; henne; hennes; henpecked; hens; hense; hensforth; hent
  1. The original hennin was a tall funnel-shaped tube in brocade worked in beads and fixed firmly on the head, and from the top floated a fine veil.

  2. The hennin reached its height of popularity in every sense of the word in the reign of Edward V.

  3. She wears the high hennin from which hangs a wisp of linen.

  4. Again going back into European history, we find that the high pointed spires of Gothic churches were cotemporaneous with the high horn-like head-dress known as the hennin (see Figure 44).

  5. This hennin was a kind of two-horned head-dress, made of muslin, stiffly starched and kept in place by fine wire, and of most exaggerated size.

  6. In 1889 it was in the possession of Colonel de Lancey, and is now in the Hennin collection, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.

  7. Above all," continued De Lauragais, "do you not consider it of the greatest importance that the Prince d'Hennin should not be allowed to visit her?


  8. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hennin" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.