kerchief
ˈkərʧəf-
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kerchief
a square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck
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Kerchief
A lady who wears a kerchief.
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(n)
kerchief
A head-dress composed of a simple square or oblong piece of linen, silk, or other material, worn folded, tied, pinned, or otherwise fastened about the head, or more or less loosely attached, so as to cover or drape the head and shoulders. Some traces of its early form and use still survive in the costumes of different parts of Europe, especially among the country people. -
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kerchief
A similar square of linen, cotton, or silk, worn on or used about the person for other purposes than covering the head. Compare handkerchief, neckerchief, and napkin. -
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kerchief
One who wears a kerchief; a woman. -
kerchief
To attire with a kerchief; hood.
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Kerchief
kėr′chif any loose cloth used in dress: -
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Kerchief
to cover or dress with a kerchief -
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Kerchief
kėr′chif (orig.) a square piece of cloth worn by women to cover the head
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. coverchef, OF. cuevrechief, couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head covering, fr. couvrir, to cover + OF. chief, head, F. chef,. See Cover Chief, and cf. Curfew
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary M. E. couerchef—O. Fr. covrechef (Fr. couvrechef)—covrir, to cover, chef, the head.
Jet black above and snowy white below, with a kerchief of rose-red across its breast , the male looks like no other bird. birdersworld.com
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, kerchiefed songster . birdersworld.com
In the market for a handbag or kerchief. delawaretoday.com
The stereotype of 4-H and FFA conjures images of kids in kerchiefs showing livestock at the county fair. sonomanews.com
In his left hand he carried a small bundle, wrapped in a knotted blue kerchief: his right he waved submissively towards Captain Pond. "Wandering Heath" by
She in a shawl and a kerchief over her head and he in a cape and a slouch hat. "Woman Triumphant" by
Dark-eyed women, with orange or crimson kerchiefs for headgear, cross and re-cross, bearing baskets on their shoulders. "Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Vol III." by
Dark-eyed women, with orange or crimson kerchiefs for headgear, cross and re-cross, bearing baskets on their shoulders. "Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete" by
In Egypt a shoulder cape, with kerchief effect in front, broadened behind to a square, and reached to the waist line. "Woman as Decoration" by
This kerchief was his ensign of sleep. "Christmas" by
Then she looked more closely, and he knew that she had noticed the kerchief. "Dick the Bank Boy" by
The snowy kerchief folded across her bosom and the big mob cap on her head are precisely like those in the portraits of the colonial lady. "Sir Joshua Reynolds" by
The "kerchief" was originally a covering for the head. "Stories That Words Tell Us" by
She started up before him, her face very much increased in color, and she folded her arms above her kerchief. "Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878." by
the folds of a purple
kerchief shadowed
your cheeks —- the one
Pohono's kerchief in the breeze,
The waving from the rocky walls,
The stir and rustle of the trees;
Beyond the headlands and harbor of Lynn,
And a young man standing on the deck,
With a silken kerchief round his neck.
Weep quite in those days, lest one maid should say,
In tittering whispers: 'Where is Launcelot
To wipe with some kerchief those tears away?'
And sad were the looks that were after him cast;
His face with a kerchief he tried to conceal,
But we knew him too well from the truck to the keel.
Whose wants swarthy handmaids stand ready to meet,
Whose fingers decline the light kerchief to hem,--
What aid in this struggle is hoped for from them?