SHEITEL


Meaning of SHEITEL in English

/ ˈʃeɪtl; NAmE / noun

a wig worn by some Jewish married women

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WORD ORIGIN

late 19th cent.: from Yiddish sheytl , from a Germanic base meaning crown of the head.

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