Dictionary![]() ![]() shei•telPronunciation: (shāt'l), [key] —n., —pl. sheit•lenPronunciation: (shāt'lun). [key] Yiddish. a wig worn by certain Orthodox Jewish married women in keeping with an old rabbinical precept that forbids a woman to leave her hair uncovered in the sight of a man other than her husband. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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