coif
3 synonyms for coif, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A snug cap or hood that covered most of the head, common until the 1700s and later worn mainly by young children and women in the countryside.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Came into English via Middle English coif, coife, coyf, coyfe or coyffe, from Old French coife or coiffe, from Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju, related to Old High German kupphia, kupha and kupfe (“mug, hood, cap”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppijǭ (“cap, hat, bonnet, headpiece”) and Proto-Germanic *kupp...
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