御お高こ祖そ頭ず巾きん

noun

okoso-zukin; full-head kerchief worn by women in winter

Historical term for a kerchief that covered the entire head except the eyes, worn by women from the Edo period through the Meiji era.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの女じょ性せいは冬ふゆに御お高こ祖そ頭ず巾きんをかぶった。

  Women in the Edo period wore okoso-zukin in winter.

• 博はく物ぶつ館かんで御お高こ祖そ頭ず巾きんの展てん示じを見みた。

  I saw an exhibit of okoso-zukin at the museum.