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Among the coifs I remember several beautiful tall hennins.
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There were great lords in silks and velvets of every hue, their legs encased in the finest skins of Spain; there were great ladies, in tall, pointed hennins or bicorne headdresses and floating veils, with embroidered gowns that swept down below the bellies of their richly harnessed palfreys.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Rafael Sabatini 1912
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_hennins_, [1404] and spoke with such power that the hearts of those who listened were changed.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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