coif

Meanings

1. 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.

2. 2
   noun

   an arrangement or style of hair

   Her elaborate coif was pinned securely for the ceremony.

3. 3
   verb

   to arrange the hair or cover the head with a coif

   The attendant coifed the actor in the fashion of the period.

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.

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