bare-headed, a. and adv.
(ˈbɛəˌhɛdɪd)
[f. prec.: see bare a. IV; cf. barefoot(ed.]
With the head uncovered, esp. as a token of respect. Hence bare-headedness.
| c 1530 Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 288 He was fayre & gracyous, and he was bare heded. 1601 Weever Mirr. Mart., Sir J. Oldcastle Ded., I was contented he should stand bare-headed to these churlish times. 1709 Steele Tatler No. 39 ¶1 You shall see an Earl walk bare-headed to the Son of the meanest Artificer. 1822 Scott Nigel iii, I was a bare-headed girl at the time. a 1656 Bp. Hall Rem. 237 (L.) Bareheadedness was in Corinth..a token of honour. |