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kerchief

[ kur-chif, -cheef ]

noun

  1. a woman's square scarf worn as a covering for the head or sometimes the shoulders.


kerchief

/ ˈkɜːtʃɪf /

noun

  1. a piece of cloth worn tied over the head or around the neck


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Derived Forms

  • ˈkerchiefed, adjective

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Other Words From

  • kerchiefed kerchieft adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of kerchief1

1250–1300; Middle English kerchef, syncopated variant of keverchef < Old French cuevrechef literally, (it) covers (the) head. See cover, chief

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Word History and Origins

Origin of kerchief1

C13: from Old French cuevrechef, from covrir to cover + chef head; see chief

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Example Sentences

A large woman with her head tied in a kerchief, wearing a purple wrapper and gold house slippers, passes by on the sidewalk.

Wilding alone—the butt of their expostulations—stood quietly smiling, and wiped his face at last with a kerchief of finest lawn.

But she went to a settle hard by and swept aside a kerchief which lay on it as if by chance, and under it were two war arrows.

The girl turned back to the fire and put out a little foot for us to see, muffled now in the red folds of the kerchief.

From beneath a sort of kerchief which she wore on her head escaped in profusion light golden hair.

A smock covered her into shapelessness, and her spectacular hair was bound up in a kerchief, but she still looked good.

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