coifedadj.
/ˈkɔɪft/ Wearing or provided with a coif; having a covering resembling a coif.
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cauled1393
coifed1520
biggined1607
night-capped1607
blue-bonneted1648
black-capped1658
red-capped1663
thrum-capped1708
white-capped1751
fool's-capped1849
calpacked1852
mob-capped1854
pileated1856
bearskinned1857
fezzed1864
tam-o'-shantered1894
cloth-capped1935
1520 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 59 The Kynge, beyng coyffyd and in hys nyghte gowne.
a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 506 She [sc. Africa] is always quoiff'd with the head of an Elephant.
1774 P. Parsons Newmarket II. 24 When a man is as grave as a coifed head.
1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors III. lxxxv. 289 The coifed sages of the law who frequented Durham House.
1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour vii. 110 The coifed hauberk..was made on the model of..the ordinary French habit of that period.
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