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

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  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 
couvrechyef;  coverchep,  coverchief,  coverchuf;  coverechef;  cheverchief,  chevrechief;  choverchef;  covrechief,  cuverchef,  cuverchet,  cuverchief,  cuverchif,  cuverchit;  cuvrechef,  cuvrechiep;  chorechef,  corechef;  keverchef,  keverchief,  keverchif,  keverechef;  kevrechef,  ceuvrechef  175,  corchif  ii 133,  cuerchief,  curchef  ii 69,  cuvercher  30,  kercher  iv 225,  kerchief  SC 8/255/12724, 
pl. cuvercheves  ii 147, 
pl. chuvrechifs  ii 151, 
pl. coeuvrechiés  520, 
pl. crevechez  300, 
pl. cuvrechis,  keverechisy  ii 133, 
pl. kevrechisy  ii 150, 
pl. kuverché  ii 163, 
pl. keuchiefs  E163/9/21 f.20r  

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1kerchief, veil: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  l’ymage bele De la seinte duce pucele […] Corouné od sun corechef  124.38
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  affublames ses (=J.C.’s on the Cross) quyces de mon cuerchief  90.13
( c.1350; MS: c.1350 )  (a nun) son col et son visage covert de cuverchief et de veil  101
( MS: s.xiii2 )  flammea: (C) coverechefs(var. (D: xiii/xiv) volettis; (L: xiii/xiv) cuvrechis)  ii 68
( MS: s.xvm ) couvrechyefs  88.108
♦face-cloth, handkerchief: 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  facitergium: (D) coverchef(var. (L: s.xiii/xiv) keverchef)  ii 81
♦coverlet: 
( 1397 )  un coverture d’ermyn (=for the bed) […] ovecque la coverchief de la suyte ensemble  i 230
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