Obs. [Of unknown origin; some of the quots. suggest that it was supposed to be originally a term of fortification.] A part of a lady’s head-dress (see quots.).
1690. Evelyn, Mundus Muliebris, 6.
| Monté la haut, and Palisade, | |
| Sorti, Flandan, (great helps to Trade) | |
| Burgoigne, Jardiné, Cornett, | |
| Frilal next upper Pinner set. |
a. 1693. Urquhart, Rabelais, III. xlvi. 375. Great Ladies in magnific Courts, with their Flandan, Top-knots and Sultana’s.
1694. N. H., Ladies Dict., 10, s.v., Apparel, A Flandan is a kind of Pinner join’d with a Cornet. Ibid., 425, s.v., Top-knots, Will it not be convenient to attack your Flandan first, says the Maid? More Anger yet? still Military Terms?
