1. a fine mesh cap worn to keep hair in place

Examples

• The cafeteria worker wore a hairnet while preparing food.
• She put on a hairnet before entering the clean room.
• The factory requires all employees to wear hairnets in the production area.
• The dancer secured her bun with bobby pins and covered it with a hairnet.
• Food service regulations mandate the use of hairnets in commercial kitchens.
• The nurse tucked her long hair into a hairnet before surgery.