coifs in English

noun
1
a woman's close-fitting cap, now only worn under a veil by nuns.
By 1066 it also had a hood or coif of the same material, attached directly or separate and worn over the tunic with a short cape covering the shoulders.
verb
1
style or arrange (someone's hair), typically in an elaborate way.
her elaborately coiffed hair
noun
verb

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1. Derived forms: Coifing, coifs, coiffed, coifed

2. Coffers, Clysters, Comfrey and Coifs: the Lives of Our Seventeenth Century Ancestors

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4. And no, the latter has nothing to do with hordes of rude guys in cute matching coifs.

5. Transitive verb coifs, coiffing, coiffed, Coifing, coifed [with object] Style or arrange (someone's hair), typically in an elaborate way

6. Verb coifs, coiffing, coiffed; US Coifing, coifed [with object] Style or arrange (someone's hair) ‘Gloria's hair was coiffed in its usual way’

7. I entered one full of nuns, their winged white coifs illuminating the dim interior, making it like a candle-lit church.

8. And because the head is important, at Medieval Armour, we offer a number of historic pieces of Chainmail armour, ranging from Chainmail coifs to Chainmail hoods and more, all to ensure that your head is protected in a true medieval fashion.