Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman's triangular scarf of lightweight fabric, worn over the shoulders and crossed or tied in a loose knot at the breast.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small triangular piece of stuff; hence, any covering for the neck and shoulders forming part of a woman's dress, sometimes a small light covering, as of lace or muslin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A light cape, usually of lace, worn by women, to cover the neck and throat, and extending to the shoulders.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A woman's
lightweight triangular scarf worn over theshoulders and tied in front
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a lightweight triangular scarf worn by a woman
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To our friend both sky and sea were familiar companions; but the fichu was a new friend.
In and out of Three Normady Inns Anna Bowman Dodd
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And uses a centuries-old trick for a glancing smile at modesty called a "fichu."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Slender and graceful, she was clad in pale yellow, some filmy material that floated behind her in the slight breeze, with a matching fichu, and it struck him that she looked like a sunbeam herself, or certainly some bright, shiny creature that did not belong in the same world as the dark and desperate labyrinth he inhabited.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Slender and graceful, she was clad in pale yellow, some filmy material that floated behind her in the slight breeze, with a matching fichu, and it struck him that she looked like a sunbeam herself, or certainly some bright, shiny creature that did not belong in the same world as the dark and desperate labyrinth he inhabited.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Later on, the fichu did the same function and could also be considered an early form of dickey.
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Later on, the fichu did the same function and could also be considered an early form of dickey.
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He untied the fichu and got up as quietly as he could.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
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He untied the fichu and got up as quietly as he could.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
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He untied the fichu and got up as quietly as he could.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
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He untied the fichu and got up as quietly as he could.
THE TIME QUAKE Linda Buckley-Archer 2009
trivet commented on the word fichu
A fichu is a large, square kerchief worn by women in the 18th century to fill in the low neckline of a bodice. The fichu was generally of linen fabric and was folded diagonally into a triangle and tied, pinned, or tucked into the bodice in front. (see here)
June 13, 2007
jaime_d commented on the word fichu
From "A Field of Snow on a Slope of the Rosenberg" by Guy Davenport.
January 19, 2010
knitandpurl commented on the word fichu
"One was very likely in a crotchet and a fichu. The other's a spinster of the sparse, sharp-nosed sort, all blue stockings and social causes."
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, p 57
July 5, 2010
MaryW commented on the word fichu
Patrick Dennis, Auntie Mame (New York: Broadway Books, 2001), p. 65 (orig. pub. 1955)
June 1, 2016