‖ rigolette Obs. U.S.
(rigɔlɛt)
[Fr., f. the name of a character in Mystères de Paris (1842–3) by Marie-Joseph (‘Eugène’) Sue.]
A variety of woollen head-scarf worn by women.
| 1863 L. M. Alcott in Commonwealth 29 May 1/3 All night hovering like a massive cherubim in a red rigolette over the slumbering sons of man. 1866 ‘E. Foxton’ Herman I. ii. 40 At last his sister appeared, in her blue evening cloak and rigolette, with the flowers in her hair peeping out between its strings of tiny pearl balls. 1867 Student & Schoolmate Mar. 90 Kitty wore a Rob Roy cloak and a dainty white hood, called in those days a rigolette (though how the fashion-maker spelt the word I don't know). |