Meanings
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1
noun
a close-fitting cap or headdress, especially one formerly worn by women, nuns, soldiers, or lawyers
The nun's white coif framed her face beneath the veil.
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2
noun
an arrangement or style of hair
Her elaborate coif was pinned securely for the ceremony.
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3
verb
to arrange the hair or cover the head with a coif
The attendant coifed the actor in the fashion of the period.
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Etymology
From Middle English coif, from Old French coife, 'cap or head covering,' ultimately related to Germanic words for a rounded vessel or cap. The hair-arrangement sense developed from the headdress sense.