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| coif [ koyf ] |
noun (plural coifs) |
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1. type of skullcap for women: a close-fitting linen cap worn by women in the Middle Ages, now worn by some nuns under their veils
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2. leather skullcap: a thick, close-fitting leather cap formerly worn under a hood of chain mail
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transitive verb (3rd person present singular coifs, present participle coiffing, past and past participle coiffed) |
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1. cover head with coif: to cover somebody's head with a coif or with something like a coif
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2. arrange hair: to arrange or style somebody's hair
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formal
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| [14th century. Via Old French coife 'headdress' < late Latin cofia 'helmet' < Germanic] |
