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OED: 3. Part of a woman's head-dress, still sometimes worn by nuns,
consisting of a piece of white plaited linen, passed over or under the chin,
and reaching midway to the waist.
Random: 8. Also, barbe. a linen
covering for the throat and breast, formerly worn by women mourners and now
only by some nuns.
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