/fish"ooh/ ; Fr. /fee shyuu"/ , n. , pl. fichus /fish"oohz/ ; Fr. /fee shyuu"/ .
a woman's kerchief or shawl, generally triangular in shape, worn draped over the shoulders or around the neck with the ends drawn together on the breast.
[ 1795-1805; fichu, ptp. of ficher to drive in, fix (informally, to throw, fling; hence, something put on hastily, loosely attached) figicare, for L figere; cf. FINCA ]