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sheitel
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈʃeɪ.təl/ us /ˈʃeɪ.t̬əl/
a wig(= a covering of artificial hair) worn by some Jewish married women:
Many Orthodox women wear a wig known as a sheitel.
Ravital proudly covers her hair with a sheitel.
She found it hard to digest the fact that she would have to wear a sheitel after the wedding.
Many Ashkenazi Jews wear sheitels, and some wear a covering on top of the sheitel.
Where is her sheitel, the wig of the pious married woman?
The word sheitel is related to the German word for parting.
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