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‖ sheitel|ˈʃeɪt(ə)l| Also shaitel. [ad. Yiddish sheytl, f. MHG. scheitel crown of the head.] Among strictly Orthodox Ashkenazi Jews: a wig worn by a married woman.
1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. ii. 41 A small, sickly-looking woman, with..the wig without which no virtuous wife is complete... A lower stratum of unmatched brown peeped out in front of the Shaitel. 1957L. Stern Midas Touch i. vii. 63 His mother..no longer wore her sheitel, or traditional wig. 1973Jewish Chron. 19 Jan. 22/3 A comely young rebbetzin in a glamorous sheitel and eyelashes long enough to brush dandruff from lapels has been touring American universities to attract straying Jewish youths back to their faith. |