Kerchief Definition

kûrchĭf, -chēf
kerchiefs
noun
A piece of cloth, usually square, worn over the head or around the neck.
Webster's New World
A handkerchief.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Kerchief

Noun

Singular:
kerchief
Plural:
kerchiefs

Origin of Kerchief

  • Middle English coverchef, curchef from Anglo-Norman courchief (variant of Old French couvrechef) and from Old French couvrechef covrir to cover cover chef head chief

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English, from Old French couvrechief, from couvrir (“to cover”) + chief (“head”).

    From Wiktionary

Kerchief Sentence Examples

  • The cold wind flapped the ends of her kerchief and her loose locks of gray hair.

  • Beneath the, charkaddis generally a small kerchief of dark material, only the edge of which is visible.

  • Once or twice he shrugged his shoulders and raised his hand to the kerchief, as if wishing to take it off, but let it drop again.

  • Several times on glancing that way he noticed behind that door a plump, rosy, handsome woman in a pink dress with a lilac silk kerchief on her head, holding a dish and evidently awaiting the entrance of the commander-in-chief.

  • She dabbed at her eyes with a kerchief.

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Words Starting With

KKEKER

Words Ending With

FEFIEF

Unscrambles

kerchief

Words Starting With K and Ending With F

Starts With K & Ends With FStarts With KE & Ends With FStarts With K & Ends With EF

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With K8 Letter Words Ending With F