coifn.

Brit.

/kɔɪf/, U.S.

/kɔɪf/

Forms: Middle English–1600s coyfe, Middle English coyffe, coyf, 1500s coiffe, coyve, 1500s–1600s coife, quoife, 1600s–1800s quoif, Middle English– coif; (also Middle English koife, coyif, coyphe, Middle English koyf, 1600s koyfe, 1700s quoiff; 1500s Scottish kuafe, queif, quayf, 1600s quaiffe, quaife).

Etymology: Middle English coyfe, < Old French coife, coiffe (= Provençal cofa, Spanish cofia, Portuguese coifa, Italian cuffia) < late Latin *cuffia (cofea in Venant. Fortunatus, cuphia in Alcuin), supposed by Diez and others to represent an Old High German *kupphja, derivative of Old High German chuppha, Middle High German kupfe cap.

1. A close-fitting cap covering the top, back, and sides of the head.

†a. In early use a cap of this kind, tied like a night-cap under the chin, worn out of doors by both sexes.

†b. In later use, worn by men only as a night-cap, skull-cap, under-cap. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > close-fitting > other

coifc1325

bourgoignea1685

Joan1756

bonnet1831

hood-cap1842

yarmulke1845

Gandhi cap1921

1292 Britton i. vi. §2 Et cum aucuns felouns vendrount en jugement a respoundre de lour felonie, volom nous qe il veignent dechaucez et deceyntz sauntz coyfe, et a teste descoverte, en pure lour cote.]

c1325 Poem temp. Edw. II (Percy) xvi A coyf to bind with his locks.

a1350 Evil Times Edw. II 117 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 329 Somme [wantonne prestes]..ben ashamed of the werke the bishop hem bitok, At even he set upon a koife, and kembeth the croket.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 62 He maketh his longe heres to be bounden in a coyffe rounde aboute his hed.

1533 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe iv. (R.) I dyd throwe away my quylted cappe, and my other close bonnettes, and onely dyd lye in a thynne coyfe.

1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 131 To thee, all catts are graie in the darke and euerie quoife will serue a nights.

1603 Brief out of Liber Regalis in J. W. Legg Coronation Order James I (1902) 27 A shallowe quoiffe is putt on the Kinges head.

1647 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Worse Times i. vi. 13 A grant of liberty, from Queene Mary to Henry Ratcliffe Earl of Sussex, giving him leave to weare a Night-cap or Coif in her Majesties presence.

a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) Introd. 17 No man shall cover his head in the church or chappel in time of Divine Service, except he have some Infirmity, in which case let him wear a night~cap or coif.

1700 W. Congreve Way of World v. i. 77 In a Quoif like a Man Midwife.

1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 96 A white coif tied under the chin is [temp. Hen. III] frequently seen upon the heads of persons hunting or on horseback.

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c. A cap of the night-cap form worn by women indoors or under a bonnet. Obsolete or dialect.

d. Also applied to head-coverings worn by women in foreign countries.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > other

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attire1530

faille1530

muzzle1542

corneta1547

abacot1548

wase1548

wrapper1548

tiring1552

basket1555

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Paris head1561

shadow1578

head-roll1583

mitre1585

whitehead1588

crispa1592

ship-tire1602

oreillet1603

scoffion1604

coif1617

aigrette1631

egreta1645

drail1647

topknotc1686

slop1688

Burgundy1701

bandore1708

fly-cap1753

capriole1756

lappet-head1761

fly1773

turban1776

pouf1788

knapscapa1802

chip1804

toque1817

bonnet1837

casquette1840

war bonnet1845

taj1851

pugree1859

kennel1896

roach1910

Deely bobber1982

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxvii. 507 She wolde make a coyf for hir suster.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. iv. 19 Hir brycht tressis envolupit war and wound Intill a kuafe [1710 queif] of fyne gold wyrin threid.

1603 Philotus xxii. sig. B^v Than may ȝe haue baith Quaiffis and Kellis, Hich Candie Ruffes and Barlet Bellis.

1621 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge: 1st Bk. iii. 93 Shee is inforced, yea, faine to sell away her quaives, her bands, and her upper coat.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 465/1 A gathered, or drawing Quoife..runneth upon strings which may be made wider or closer.

1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. v. 16 Old Bawds..Cloking their Coives with modest Dress, And outward Signs of Holiness.

1709 J. Swift Baucis & Philemon 7 Instead of Home-spun quoifs were seen Good Pinners, edg'd with Colberteen.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 235 The coif—the apron—the blue checked gown, were all those of old Ailie.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 35 Coif, a cap, an old-fashioned lace head-dress for females.

1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xxviii. f. 114^v Ouer that hir cap (made after the coife fashion of cloth of gold) called Shapka Zempska.] 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. iv. i. 173 The married women [of Italy] wear their heads bare, or couered with a fine linnen coyfe.1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 478 They [Circassian women] wear a black coif on their heads.1813 S. Rogers Jacqueline 90 Sabot and coif, and collerette.1882 Day of Rest 211/1 The women [of Brittany] wear the white coif of stiffly-starched muslin.

e. transferred.

ΚΠ

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 95 See my lord the kyng thus gate he his rede coyf.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 112 A calf with two heads, with a kind of coif growing over one of them.

†2. An ecclesiastical headdress. (Applied by Wyclif to that of the Jewish priests.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > vestments > headgear > [noun] > coif

mitrea1382

coif1382

turban1615

cidaris1797

tiara1868

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxviii. 37 It shall be vpon the coyif [a1425 L.V. mytre, L. tiaram] standing ouer to the forheed of the bishop.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxviii. 39 The coif of bijs.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 86 Coyfe v. cappe, tena..Cappe, or hure, for clerkys, tena.

1574 J. Studley tr. J. Bale Pageant of Popes To Rdr. How can that foundation stand which is made of..tippets, coifs, chrisms.

a. A white cap formerly worn by lawyers as a distinctive mark of their profession; esp. that worn by a serjeant-at-law as part of his official dress; afterwards represented by the white border or a small patch of black silk on the top of the wig.Fairholt says that ‘In the rolls of the wardrobe of King Richard II (1391) is an entry for twenty-one linen coifs for counterfeiting men of the law, in the King's Play at Christmas’.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > denoting office or profession > other

coif1399

cap (also hat) of maintenancec1475

calotte16..

biggin1639

Sister Dora1893

beret1948

1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 320 Þey cared ffor no coyffes that men of court vsyn.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvi. 173 A linnen Coife..an ornament which only Sergeants at law doe weare.

1680 London Gaz. No. 1512/3 The late Elected and Sworn Serjeants at Law did this day perform the Ceremony of walking in their Coifs to Westminster, from Grays-Inn.

1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. ii. xiii. 110 A Serjeant at Law..is obliged to wear a lawn coif under his cap.

c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 261 [The Serjeant] has a Coiffe put on his head, which is a black satten cap with a white Lace or Edge round ye bottom.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 May 4/2 Mr. Serjeant Pulling..shows that..the white border is the real representation by survival of the coif, the black patch representing the cornered cap which was worn above it. The coif was originally a kind of white hood, made apparently of lawn, which completely covered the head in the same way that a barrister's wig does now.

b. The position or order of serjeant-at-law.

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society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > counsellor, barrister, or advocate > serjeant > position of

sergeantship1450

coifa1529

sergeancya1670

a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 313 He countys them foles and dawes, Sergyauntes of the coife eke.

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 358 The Judges and Barons of the degree of the coife.

1640–4 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 330 These Brothers of the Coyfe.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 89. ¶1 No less a Man than a Brother of the Coiff.

1770 S. Foote Lame Lover iii. 55 O! fye! have a proper respect for the coif.

1884 Serjt. Pulling (title) The Order of the Coif.

1889 B. C. Robinson Bench & Bar 237 Serjeant Murphy died before I took the coif.

†4. A close-fitting skull-cap of iron or steel, or later, of leather, worn under the helmet; the skull-cap of a helmet. Obsolete exc. Historical.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > metal skullcap

basinetc1300

coifc1380

capeline1488

skull1522

hat piece1598

pan1638

pot1639

skull-cap1820

bassinet-

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 898 Ys helm, ys coyphe, ys habryioun alle þay hadde to-rente.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 44 The coyffe of stele that made his stroke to slyde.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin x. 164 The kynge ban hym yaf so grete a stroke thourgh the helme that he slyt the sercle and the koyf of Iren to the heed.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxviii. [clxiv.] 475 The thirde course they vnhelmed eche other, so that bothe sate bareheaded in their coyfes.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxv. sig. Pv He strake Arthur on the helme, so that it entred til it came to the coyfe of stele, and than the stroke dydde glente downe to warde to the lyft syde, and strake awaye as muche of the hawberk as it touched.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 147 Hence thou sickly coife, Thou art a guard too wanton for the head.

1766 D. Barrington Observ. Statutes 161 (note) The coif..was originally an iron plate or scull-cap, worn by Knights under their Helmet.

1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 74 The cowl of mail being drawn over a steel cap called a coif-de-fer.

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour vii. 109 This hauberk..had a hood or coif..; and over this hood, as a second defence for the head, the close-fitting iron helm was worn.

†5. A surgical cap for the head or other part.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical garments > [noun] > caps

coif1599

rheum-cap1655

cucupha1656

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 2/1 Mixe them very well the one with the other, and then ether of a kercher or of Taffataye make a Quoife, and insparge therin this poulder..Thou shalt wear this Quoife three or four times in a weeke, both night and day.

1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 312 A bandage with six tails, or a kind of coif with lappets affixed to it, may be found very Applicable in some cases.

†6.

a. The amnion enveloping the fetus. Obsolete.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [noun] > membranes enclosing

houve1530

kell1530

cotyledon1540

chorion1545

coif1545

hoop-caul1545

shirt1545

caul1547

sillyhow1574

biggin1611

guard1611

allantoides1615

allantois1615

allantoid1633

amnios1657

amnion1667

heam1681

vitta1693

indusium1706

silly-hood1836

1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. H.viii The mydwifes communelye call it the coyfe or byggyn of the chylde.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Agneliere Th' inmost of the three membranes which enwrap a wombe-lodged infant; called by some Midwives, the Coyfe, or Biggin of the child.

b. = omentum n. (Cf. Cotgrave at Coiffe.) Obsolete.

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the world > life > the body > internal organs > cavities occupied by internal organs > [noun] > abdomen > membranes of

neteOE

caul1382

siphac1398

zirbusa1400

womb cloutc1400

mesentery?a1425

omentum?a1425

peritoneum?a1425

paunch clout1440

epiploön?1541

mesenterium?1541

mesaraeum1543

rim1565

kell1578

rind1585

belly-piece1591

coif1597

cell1607

reticulum1615

mesocolon1684

mesogaster1807

mesocaecum1835

ruffle1846

mesogastrium1848

mid-gut1875

mesovarium1882

mesocyst1890

1597 P. Lowe Art Chirurg. (1634) 223 The cure [of tumor in the Navel] is..reduce the pudding and Quaffe [etc.].

1622 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge: 2nd Bk. 195 On his right side; but it touch't neither his bowels nor quayfe.

7. ‘Applied to the calyptra of mosses.’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1882.)

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

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1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xxviii. f. 114^v Hir cap..made after the coife fashion.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 124 In rude, but glad procession, came Bonneted sire and coif-clad dame.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

coifv.

(in sense 1)Brit.

/kɔɪf/, U.S.

/kɔɪf/ (in sense 2)Brit.

/kwɑːf/,

/kwɒf/, U.S.

/kwɑf/

Forms: Past tense and participle coifed.

Etymology: originally apparently < Old French coifer, coiffer, < coife , coiffe , a coif n.; but in later usage treated as a native formation < coif as an English word; compare to cap, bonnet, etc.

1. transitive. To provide or cover with a coif; to invest with the sergeant's coif; to cover as with a coif.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal profession > practice law [verb (transitive)] > admit as barrister > specific as serjeant

coif1530

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > headgear > cap

cap1483

coif1530

becap1821

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 488/2 I coyfe, I put a coyfe upon ones heed.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Coiffer, to coyfe, weare a coyfe, put on a coyfe.

1658 J. Harrington Prerogative Pop. Govt. ii. iii. 31 There be in these times that are coifed with such opinions, that to shew Scripture to be reason, is to make it loose weight with them.

1722 ‘A. Gunter’ Annus Mirabilis 5 You, eloquent Oyster-Merchants of Billingsgate, (just ready to be call'd to the Bar, and quoif'd like your Sister-Serjeants).

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iii. xiii. 181 He would not suffer himself to be coifed [i.e. with a woman's coif], but covered his head with a quilted linnen night-cap.

1758 J. G. Cooper Call Aristippus iv. 15 Whilst wanton boys..coif me, where I'm bald, with flow'rs.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 466 What fair cloth may coif my head.

2. To dress, arrange, or make up (the hair). Cf. coiffure n., and paragraph below.To express the ordinary sense of modern French coiffer to dress or arrange the hair or head, various modifications of that word are in use with coiffeurs and their clients, as to coiffe, to coiffé. So coiffed is sometimes used to reproduce French coiffé, in reference to the coiffe of French countrywomen, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)]

dressa1400

cherish1519

addressa1522

barbera1616

do1750

coif1835

coiffure1906

1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. lxii. 174 The soubrette who sells you a cigar is coiffed as for a ball.

1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xli. 567 The hair was to be sedulously coifed.

1869 P. Fitzgerald Fatal Zero I. viii. 62 Washing, cleaning, coifféing these aristocrats.

1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths III. 19 Handsome women..coifféed to perfection.

1884 J. E. Jenkins Week of Passion I. viii. 241 Her abundant dark hair was coiffed with a glittering spray of diamonds.

1889 Q. Rev. Oct. 300 Sometimes ‘the hair’ was coifféed in rolls.

Derivatives

coifing adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective]

comptc1475

in print1576

coifing1867

coiffured1928

styled1958

1867 J. Ingelow Story of Doom v. 231 Like the travelling sun, Setting, all clad in coifing clouds of gold.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	coif
释义	coifn. Brit. /kɔɪf/, U.S. /kɔɪf/ Forms: Middle English–1600s coyfe, Middle English coyffe, coyf, 1500s coiffe, coyve, 1500s–1600s coife, quoife, 1600s–1800s quoif, Middle English– coif; (also Middle English koife, coyif, coyphe, Middle English koyf, 1600s koyfe, 1700s quoiff; 1500s Scottish kuafe, queif, quayf, 1600s quaiffe, quaife). Etymology: Middle English coyfe, < Old French coife, coiffe (= Provençal cofa, Spanish cofia, Portuguese coifa, Italian cuffia) < late Latin cuffia (cofea* in Venant. Fortunatus, cuphia in Alcuin), supposed by Diez and others to represent an Old High German kupphja, derivative of Old High German chuppha, Middle High German kupfe* cap. 1. A close-fitting cap covering the top, back, and sides of the head. †a. In early use a cap of this kind, tied like a night-cap under the chin, worn out of doors by both sexes. †b. In later use, worn by men only as a night-cap, skull-cap, under-cap. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > close-fitting > other coifc1325 bourgoignea1685 Joan1756 bonnet1831 hood-cap1842 yarmulke1845 Gandhi cap1921 1292 Britton i. vi. §2 Et cum aucuns felouns vendrount en jugement a respoundre de lour felonie, volom nous qe il veignent dechaucez et deceyntz sauntz coyfe, et a teste descoverte, en pure lour cote.] c1325 Poem temp. Edw. II (Percy) xvi A coyf to bind with his locks. a1350 Evil Times Edw. II 117 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 329 Somme [wantonne prestes]..ben ashamed of the werke the bishop hem bitok, At even he set upon a koife, and kembeth the croket. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 62 He maketh his longe heres to be bounden in a coyffe rounde aboute his hed. 1533 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe iv. (R.) I dyd throwe away my quylted cappe, and my other close bonnettes, and onely dyd lye in a thynne coyfe. 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 131 To thee, all catts are graie in the darke and euerie quoife will serue a nights. 1603 Brief out of Liber Regalis in J. W. Legg Coronation Order James I (1902) 27 A shallowe quoiffe is putt on the Kinges head. 1647 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Worse Times i. vi. 13 A grant of liberty, from Queene Mary to Henry Ratcliffe Earl of Sussex, giving him leave to weare a Night-cap or Coif in her Majesties presence. a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) Introd. 17 No man shall cover his head in the church or chappel in time of Divine Service, except he have some Infirmity, in which case let him wear a night~cap or coif. 1700 W. Congreve Way of World v. i. 77 In a Quoif like a Man Midwife. 1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 96 A white coif tied under the chin is [temp. Hen. III] frequently seen upon the heads of persons hunting or on horseback. Thesaurus » Categories » c. A cap of the night-cap form worn by women indoors or under a bonnet. Obsolete or dialect. d. Also applied to head-coverings worn by women in foreign countries. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > other dorlot1340 horn1340 vitremytec1386 templesc1430 bycocket1464 burlet1490 knapscall1498 shapion1504 shaffron1511 paste1527 attire1530 faille1530 muzzle1542 corneta1547 abacot1548 wase1548 wrapper1548 tiring1552 basket1555 bilimenta1556 Paris head1561 shadow1578 head-roll1583 mitre1585 whitehead1588 crispa1592 ship-tire1602 oreillet1603 scoffion1604 coif1617 aigrette1631 egreta1645 drail1647 topknotc1686 slop1688 Burgundy1701 bandore1708 fly-cap1753 capriole1756 lappet-head1761 fly1773 turban1776 pouf1788 knapscapa1802 chip1804 toque1817 bonnet1837 casquette1840 war bonnet1845 taj1851 pugree1859 kennel1896 roach1910 Deely bobber1982 a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxvii. 507 She wolde make a coyf for hir suster. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. iv. 19 Hir brycht tressis envolupit war and wound Intill a kuafe [1710 queif] of fyne gold wyrin threid. 1603 Philotus xxii. sig. B^v Than may ȝe haue baith Quaiffis and Kellis, Hich Candie Ruffes and Barlet Bellis. 1621 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge: 1st Bk. iii. 93 Shee is inforced, yea, faine to sell away her quaives, her bands, and her upper coat. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 465/1 A gathered, or drawing Quoife..runneth upon strings which may be made wider or closer. 1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. v. 16 Old Bawds..Cloking their Coives with modest Dress, And outward Signs of Holiness. 1709 J. Swift Baucis & Philemon 7 Instead of Home-spun quoifs were seen Good Pinners, edg'd with Colberteen. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 235 The coif—the apron—the blue checked gown, were all those of old Ailie. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 35 Coif, a cap, an old-fashioned lace head-dress for females. 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xxviii. f. 114^v Ouer that hir cap (made after the coife fashion of cloth of gold) called Shapka Zempska.] 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. iv. i. 173 The married women [of Italy] wear their heads bare, or couered with a fine linnen coyfe.1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 478 They [Circassian women] wear a black coif on their heads.1813 S. Rogers Jacqueline 90 Sabot and coif, and collerette.1882 Day of Rest 211/1 The women [of Brittany] wear the white coif of stiffly-starched muslin. e. transferred. ΚΠ 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 95 See my lord the kyng thus gate he his rede coyf. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 112 A calf with two heads, with a kind of coif growing over one of them. †2. An ecclesiastical headdress. (Applied by Wyclif to that of the Jewish priests.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > headgear > [noun] > coif mitrea1382 coif1382 turban1615 cidaris1797 tiara1868 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxviii. 37 It shall be vpon the coyif [a1425 L.V. mytre, L. tiaram] standing ouer to the forheed of the bishop. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxviii. 39 The coif of bijs. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 86 Coyfe v. cappe, tena..Cappe, or hure, for clerkys, tena. 1574 J. Studley tr. J. Bale Pageant of Popes To Rdr. How can that foundation stand which is made of..tippets, coifs, chrisms. 3. a. A white cap formerly worn by lawyers as a distinctive mark of their profession; esp. that worn by a serjeant-at-law as part of his official dress; afterwards represented by the white border or a small patch of black silk on the top of the wig.Fairholt says that ‘In the rolls of the wardrobe of King Richard II (1391) is an entry for twenty-one linen coifs for counterfeiting men of the law, in the King's Play at Christmas’. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > denoting office or profession > other coif1399 cap (also hat) of maintenancec1475 calotte16.. biggin1639 Sister Dora1893 beret1948 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 320 Þey cared ffor no coyffes that men of court vsyn. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvi. 173 A linnen Coife..an ornament which only Sergeants at law doe weare. 1680 London Gaz. No. 1512/3 The late Elected and Sworn Serjeants at Law did this day perform the Ceremony of walking in their Coifs to Westminster, from Grays-Inn. 1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. ii. xiii. 110 A Serjeant at Law..is obliged to wear a lawn coif under his cap. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 261 [The Serjeant] has a Coiffe put on his head, which is a black satten cap with a white Lace or Edge round ye bottom. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 May 4/2 Mr. Serjeant Pulling..shows that..the white border is the real representation by survival of the coif, the black patch representing the cornered cap which was worn above it. The coif was originally a kind of white hood, made apparently of lawn, which completely covered the head in the same way that a barrister's wig does now. b. The position or order of serjeant-at-law. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > counsellor, barrister, or advocate > serjeant > position of sergeantship1450 coifa1529 sergeancya1670 a1529 J. Skelton Why come ye nat to Courte (?1545) 313 He countys them foles and dawes, Sergyauntes of the coife eke. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 358 The Judges and Barons of the degree of the coife. 1640–4 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 330 These Brothers of the Coyfe. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 89. ¶1 No less a Man than a Brother of the Coiff. 1770 S. Foote Lame Lover iii. 55 O! fye! have a proper respect for the coif. 1884 Serjt. Pulling (title) The Order of the Coif. 1889 B. C. Robinson Bench & Bar 237 Serjeant Murphy died before I took the coif. †4. A close-fitting skull-cap of iron or steel, or later, of leather, worn under the helmet; the skull-cap of a helmet. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > metal skullcap basinetc1300 coifc1380 capeline1488 skull1522 hat piece1598 pan1638 pot1639 skull-cap1820 bassinet- c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 898 Ys helm, ys coyphe, ys habryioun alle þay hadde to-rente. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 44 The coyffe of stele that made his stroke to slyde. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin x. 164 The kynge ban hym yaf so grete a stroke thourgh the helme that he slyt the sercle and the koyf of Iren to the heed. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxviii. [clxiv.] 475 The thirde course they vnhelmed eche other, so that bothe sate bareheaded in their coyfes. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxv. sig. Pv He strake Arthur on the helme, so that it entred til it came to the coyfe of stele, and than the stroke dydde glente downe to warde to the lyft syde, and strake awaye as muche of the hawberk as it touched. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 147 Hence thou sickly coife, Thou art a guard too wanton for the head. View more context for this quotation 1766 D. Barrington Observ. Statutes 161 (note) The coif..was originally an iron plate or scull-cap, worn by Knights under their Helmet. 1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 74 The cowl of mail being drawn over a steel cap called a coif-de-fer. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour vii. 109 This hauberk..had a hood or coif..; and over this hood, as a second defence for the head, the close-fitting iron helm was worn. †5. A surgical cap for the head or other part. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical garments > [noun] > caps coif1599 rheum-cap1655 cucupha1656 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 2/1 Mixe them very well the one with the other, and then ether of a kercher or of Taffataye make a Quoife, and insparge therin this poulder..Thou shalt wear this Quoife three or four times in a weeke, both night and day. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 312 A bandage with six tails, or a kind of coif with lappets affixed to it, may be found very Applicable in some cases. †6. a. The amnion enveloping the fetus. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [noun] > membranes enclosing houve1530 kell1530 cotyledon1540 chorion1545 coif1545 hoop-caul1545 shirt1545 caul1547 sillyhow1574 biggin1611 guard1611 allantoides1615 allantois1615 allantoid1633 amnios1657 amnion1667 heam1681 vitta1693 indusium1706 silly-hood1836 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. H.viii The mydwifes communelye call it the coyfe or byggyn of the chylde. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Agneliere Th' inmost of the three membranes which enwrap a wombe-lodged infant; called by some Midwives, the Coyfe, or Biggin of the child. b. = omentum n. (Cf. Cotgrave at Coiffe.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > internal organs > cavities occupied by internal organs > [noun] > abdomen > membranes of neteOE caul1382 siphac1398 zirbusa1400 womb cloutc1400 mesentery?a1425 omentum?a1425 peritoneum?a1425 paunch clout1440 epiploön?1541 mesenterium?1541 mesaraeum1543 rim1565 kell1578 rind1585 belly-piece1591 coif1597 cell1607 reticulum1615 mesocolon1684 mesogaster1807 mesocaecum1835 ruffle1846 mesogastrium1848 mid-gut1875 mesovarium1882 mesocyst1890 1597 P. Lowe Art Chirurg. (1634) 223 The cure [of tumor in the Navel] is..reduce the pudding and Quaffe [etc.]. 1622 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge: 2nd Bk. 195 On his right side; but it touch't neither his bowels nor quayfe. 7. ‘Applied to the calyptra of mosses.’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1882.) Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xxviii. f. 114^v Hir cap..made after the coife fashion. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 124 In rude, but glad procession, came Bonneted sire and coif-clad dame. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). coifv. (in sense 1)Brit. /kɔɪf/, U.S. /kɔɪf/ (in sense 2)Brit. /kwɑːf/, /kwɒf/, U.S. /kwɑf/ Forms: Past tense and participle coifed. Etymology: originally apparently < Old French coifer, coiffer, < coife , coiffe , a coif n.; but in later usage treated as a native formation < coif as an English word; compare to cap, bonnet, etc. 1. transitive. To provide or cover with a coif; to invest with the sergeant's coif; to cover as with a coif. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > practice law [verb (transitive)] > admit as barrister > specific as serjeant coif1530 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > headgear > cap cap1483 coif1530 becap1821 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 488/2 I coyfe, I put a coyfe upon ones heed. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Coiffer, to coyfe, weare a coyfe, put on a coyfe. 1658 J. Harrington Prerogative Pop. Govt. ii. iii. 31 There be in these times that are coifed with such opinions, that to shew Scripture to be reason, is to make it loose weight with them. 1722 ‘A. Gunter’ Annus Mirabilis 5 You, eloquent Oyster-Merchants of Billingsgate, (just ready to be call'd to the Bar, and quoif'd like your Sister-Serjeants). 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iii. xiii. 181 He would not suffer himself to be coifed [i.e. with a woman's coif], but covered his head with a quilted linnen night-cap. 1758 J. G. Cooper Call Aristippus iv. 15 Whilst wanton boys..coif me, where I'm bald, with flow'rs. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 466 What fair cloth may coif my head. 2. To dress, arrange, or make up (the hair). Cf. coiffure n., and paragraph below.To express the ordinary sense of modern French coiffer to dress or arrange the hair or head, various modifications of that word are in use with coiffeurs and their clients, as to coiffe, to coiffé. So coiffed is sometimes used to reproduce French coiffé, in reference to the coiffe of French countrywomen, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] dressa1400 cherish1519 addressa1522 barbera1616 do1750 coif1835 coiffure1906 1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. lxii. 174 The soubrette who sells you a cigar is coiffed as for a ball. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xli. 567 The hair was to be sedulously coifed. 1869 P. Fitzgerald Fatal Zero I. viii. 62 Washing, cleaning, coifféing these aristocrats. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths III. 19 Handsome women..coifféed to perfection. 1884 J. E. Jenkins Week of Passion I. viii. 241 Her abundant dark hair was coiffed with a glittering spray of diamonds. 1889 Q. Rev. Oct. 300 Sometimes ‘the hair’ was coifféed in rolls. Derivatives coifing adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] comptc1475 in print1576 coifing1867 coiffured1928 styled1958 1867 J. Ingelow Story of Doom v. 231 Like the travelling sun, Setting, all clad in coifing clouds of gold. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1325v.1530
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