coif Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
    hairdo; hairstyle; hair style; coiffure.
  2. noun a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
  3. verb cover with a coif
  4. verb arrange attractively
    do; set; coiffe; coiffure; dress; arrange.
    • dress my hair for the wedding

WordNet

Coif noun
Etymology
OF. coife, F. coiffe, LL. cofea, cuphia, fr. OHG. kuppa, kuppha, miter, perh. fr. L. cupa tub. See Cup, n. ; but cf. also Cop, Cuff the article of dress, Quoif, n.
Definitions
  1. A cap. Specifically: (a) A close-fitting cap covering the sides of the head, like a small hood without a cape. (b) An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England. Writting also quoif.
    From point and saucy ermine down To the plain coif and russet gown. H. Brocke.
    The judges, . . . althout they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable. Bacon.
Coif transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. coiffer.
Definitions
  1. To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif.
    And coif me, where I'm bald, with flowers. J. G. Cooper.

Webster 1913