SHEITEL


Meaning of SHEITEL in English

/shayt"l/ , n. , pl. sheitlen /shayt"leuhn/ . Yiddish.

a wig worn by certain Orthodox Jewish married women in keeping with an old rabbinical precept that forbids a woman to leave her hair uncovered in the sight of a man other than her husband.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .