noun. A coiffure.

noun. A tight-fitting cap worn under a veil, as by nuns.

noun. A white skullcap formerly worn by English lawyers.

noun. undefined

noun. A hood of chain mail or other heavy material, usually worn under a helmet.

noun. A cervellière.

transitive verb. To arrange or dress (the hair).

transitive verb. To cover with or as if with a coif.

To cover or dress with or as with a coif.

noun. A cap fitting close to the head, and conforming to its shape.

noun. A cap like the calotte or skull-cap, usually of lawn, retained until the common introduction of the wig, especially as the head-dress of barristers.

noun. A skull-cap of leather or of stuff, apparently wadded, made of many thicknesses, or provided with a thickened rim or edge (see bourrelet), worn under the camail to prevent the links of the chain-mail from wounding the head when struck, or to prevent the heavy steel headpiece from pressing too heavily upon the head.

noun. Figuratively, the calling or rank of a barrister: as, a brother of the coif.

noun. In armor: A cap of chain-mail or of bezanted or scale armor, usually distinct from the camail, and worn over it as an additional defense, or to cover the top of the head when the camail reached only about to the ears. Also called coif of mail, cap of mail, mail coif, and coiffe-de-mailles.

noun. The camail itself.

noun. A skull-cap of steel, worn over the camail, or perhaps in some cases worn under the camail, or mail coif. Also called coif of plate, coiffe-de-fer, cervelière, and secret.

noun. A light cap of lace, worn by women at the present day.

noun. A cap.

noun. A close-fitting cap covering the sides of the head, like a small hood without a cape.

noun. An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.

noun. a coiffure.

transitive verb. To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif.

noun. A hairdo

noun. A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until XVIII century; after that worn only by small children and countrywomen

noun. A chain mail head gear

verb. To style or arrange hair.

noun. a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law

verb. arrange attractively

noun. the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)

verb. cover with a coif

"Dotson’s coif is pretty expansive, and the comedian can’t resist throwing in a continual, left-hand finger flutter – over-the-top, yes, but it seems to manifest the metaphysical Lynchian truth."

coif of mail  coif of plate  receive the coif  

cover  skullcap  

biretta  bodice  cassock  chignon  corselet  

Afro  barber  bob  bonnet  boot  

coiffed  coiffing  quoif  

coifed  coiffed  coiffing  coifing  coifs