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coverchef (c.1240)
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coverchef (c.1240)

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coverchep,  coverchief,  coverchuf;  coverechef;  cheverchief,  chevrechief;  choverchef;  covrechief,  cuverchef,  cuverchet,  cuverchief,  cuverchif,  cuverchit;  cuvrechef,  cuvrechiep;  chorechef,  corechef;  keverchef,  keverchief,  keverchif,  keverechef;  kevrechef  (ceuvrechef  Gloss Garland 175,  corchif  TLL ii 133,  cuerchief,  curchef  TLL ii 69,  cuvercher  Sel Bills Eyre 30,  kercher  Rot Parl1 iv 225,  kerchief  TNA SC 8/255/12724 ),
(pl. cuvercheves  TLL ii 147,  chuvrechifs  TLL ii 151,  coeuvrechiés  Isabella Inventory 520,  crevechez  Mandeville 300,  cuvrechis,  keverechisy  TLL ii 133,  kevrechisy  TLL ii 150,  kuverché  TLL ii 163,  keuchiefs  TNA E163/9/21 f.20r)  
  FEW:  cooperire 2/ii,1143b Gdf:  coillechief 2,173b GdfC:  couvrechief 9,235c TL: cuevrechief 2,1122 DEAF:  covrir (cuevrechief)  DMF:  couvre-chef  TLF:  couvre-chef  OED:  coverchief n.  / kerchief n.  MED:  cover-chef n.  DMLBS:  coverchevium 

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kerchief, veil: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  l’ymage bele De la seinte duce pucele […] Corouné od sun corechef  Mir N-D 124.38
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  affublames ses (=J.C.’s on the Cross) quyces de mon cuerchief  Passion BVM2 90.13
( c.1350; MS: c.1350 )  (a nun) son col et son visage covert de cuverchief et de veil  A-N Rules 101
( MS: s.xiii2 )  flammea: (C) coverechefs (var. (D: xiii/xiv) volettis; (L: xiii/xiv) cuvrechis)  TLL ii 68
♦face-cloth, handkerchief: 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  facitergium: (D) coverchef (var. (L: s.xiii/xiv) keverchef)  TLL ii 81
♦coverlet: 
( 1397 )  un coverture d’ermyn (=for the bed) […] ovecque la coverchief de la suyte ensemble  Test Ebor i 230
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