underscarf

English

Woman on right has a pink overscarf over a white underscarf

Etymology

under- +‎ scarf

Noun

underscarf (plural underscarfs or underscarves)

1. A tight-fitting headscarf, usually elasticized, that is worn under a hijab or overscarf.
   • 2010, Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, In Search of Islamic Feminism, page 368:

     White and crisp and full, but pinned over an underscarf, and this underscarf was decorated with lace.

   • 2015, Edward E. Curtis, The Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West:

     She pays much attention to wearing matching headscarves, but does not like the style that many younger Turkish girls have adopted, who use underscarves and other materials to produce a high and voluminous head shape.

   • 2021, Juliane Kanitz, The Headscarf as a Business Card, page 191:

     Women with a Turkish background, on the other hand, have begun to wear more than square silk headscarfs; they now also use long pashmina shawls combined with underscarfs in contrasting colours (TB 2011-13, p.8).