Noun: kerchief
| Singular | kerchief |
| Plural | kerchiefs; kerchieves |
Sample Sentences
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And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, / Had just settled down for a long winter's nap […] [1823, Clement Clark Moore, The Night Before Christmas:]
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“Well, did you find some?” she asked from under the white kerchief, turning her handsome, gently smiling face to him. [1901 [1878], chapter 5, in Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 6:]
Nouns inflected like kerchief
pyramid roof,
neckkerchief,
neck kerchief,
waterleaf,
yellow dwarf,
hipped roof,
silverleaf,
cloverleaf,
baby beef,
nonself,
headkerchief,
longleaf,
peaked roof,
neckerchief,
semidwarf,
newhalf,
non-self,
handkerchief,
pockethandkerchief,
autumn leaf, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English keverchef, coverchef et al., from Old French couvrechief, from couvrir (“to cover”) + chief (“head”). Compare curfew. See: Middle English Nouns '
keverchef'.
Verbs referencing "kerchief"
Irish Nouns
curca.