foulard

foulard (foo-LARD, fuh-LARD) - n., a lightweight twill- or plain-woven fabric of silk or silk-and-cotton, usually having a small printed design; a piece of clothing, especially a necktie or scarf, made of this fabric.


Including head scarf:


Thanks, WikiMedia!

Taken from French in the 1820s, where it had both meanings -- in contemporary French foulard mostly means a headscarf or neckerchief -- but there the trail runs cold and is officially declared origin unknown.


And that ends an undeclared theme week of words related to clothing in some way, but really was five words that happened to pile up together randomly.

---L.