Fichu


[fish-oo; French fee-shy] /ˈfɪʃ u; French fiˈʃü/

noun, plural fichus
[fish-ooz; French fee-shy] /ˈfɪʃ uz; French fiˈʃü/ (Show IPA)
1.
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.
/ˈfiːʃuː/
noun
1.
a woman’s shawl or scarf of some light material, worn esp in the 18th century
n.

1803, from French fichu (18c. in this sense), apparently a noun use of the adj. fichu “carelessly thrown on,” from Latin figere “to fasten” (see fix). “[M]od. substitution for a coarser word” [Weekley].

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