shaytel
shaytel is the alternative form of sheitel.
Meaning of sheitel
Noun
sheitel (plural sheitels)
- A wig worn by married Orthodox Jewish women.
- I keep wanting to put her in a sheitel, the wig that every Orthodox Jewish wife is supposed to wear in order to prevent a man not her husband from lusting after her in his heart.2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 196
- A wig (of any kind).
- Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 137
Forms of shaytel
| plural | shaytels |
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Questions about shaytel
- What is shaytel the alternative form of?
- Shaytel is the alternative form of sheitel.
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