綿わた帽ぼう子し

noun

bride's silk floss headdress

Traditional white hood worn by a bride in a Shinto wedding, covering the head and often part of the face.

• 花はな嫁よめは綿わた帽ぼう子しをかぶって神しん前ぜん式しきに臨のぞんだ。

  The bride wore a watabōshi for the Shinto wedding ceremony.

noun

clumps of snow on branches, stones, etc.

Describes snow that has accumulated in soft, rounded shapes resembling a traditional bridal hood.

• 枝えだに綿わた帽ぼう子しのような雪ゆきが積つもっていた。

  Snow had piled up on the branches like watabōshi.