keverchief
Middle English
Alternative forms
- coverchief, coverchif
Noun
keverchief
- kerchief
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 453-455:
- Hir coverchiefs ful fyne were of ground;
I dorste swere they weyeden ten pound
That on a Sonday were upon hir heed.- Her kerchiefs were very fine in texture;
I dare swear they weighed ten pound
That on a Sunday were upon her head.
- Her kerchiefs were very fine in texture;
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 453-455:
References
- “keverchief”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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