cone-shaped or cylindrical headdress for women.

A cone-shaped high headdress worn by women in 15th century. What we usually imagine fairies and castle maidens to wear. Cone-shape was worn reduced to a cylinder in England.

The hennin was a hat in the shape of a cone or truncated cone that was in fashion with European women of the nobility in 14th and 15th century Burgundy and France. Typically, it was twelve to eighteen inches in height. The tops of some of these conical hats were pointed while others were truncated, ending in a flat top.