Noun: keverchef
| Sg. | keverchef |
| Pl. | kevercheves |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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Hir coverchiefs ful fyne were of ground; (That on a Sonday were upon hir heed.
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Her kerchiefs were very fine in texture;
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I dare swear they weighed ten pound
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That on a Sunday were upon her head.) [late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 453-455]
Nouns inflected like keverchef
baillif,
keverchef,
actyf,
wharf,
elf,
lof,
houswyf,
passyf,
delf,
kerf,
wolf,
Etymology
1. Borrowed from Old French couvrechief, cuevrechief, from couvrir (“to cover”) + chief (“head”); equivalent to coveren (“to cover”) + chef (“upper part”). Compare kevercher.
2. Early Scots curch, curche is probably a back-formation from the plural curches, directly borrowed from Old French couvrechies pl.
Verbs referencing "keverchef"
English Nouns
kerchief.
Translations