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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[F., from the name of the first wearer, Mlle. de

Fontanges

, about 1679.]

A kind of tall headdress formerly worn.

Addison.

Noun.

fontanj'.

A knot of ribbons on the top of a head-dress.

See also: Fontange

A picture of Mary II of England sporting a fontange.

fontange ‎(plural fontanges)

A headdress popular among aristocrats in Europe in the late 17th century and early 18th century, made with pleated layers of starched lace and ribbon.

a curly headdress