noun
- a woman’s light triangular scarf worn over the shoulders and fastened in front
Usage: fashion; historical
Examples
- She draped a delicate lace fichu over her shoulders.
- The Victorian woman adjusted her silk fichu before entering the parlor.
- Her grandmother’s antique fichu was made of fine muslin.
- The museum displayed an 18th-century fichu with intricate embroidery.
- She pinned the fichu at her throat with a small brooch.
- The white cotton fichu provided modest coverage for her dress.