Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for KER'CHIEF
KERB-STONE, or KIRB-STONEKER'CHIEF-ED, or KER'CHIEFT
KER'CHIEF, n. [contracted from coverchief; Fr. couvrir, to cover, and chef, the head. – Chaucer.]
- A head dress; a cloth to cover the head. – Shak.
- A cloth used in dress. – Hayward. The word is now seldom used, except in its compound, handkerchief, and sometimes neckerchief.
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