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coifs, plural;
  1. Style or arrange (someone's hair), typically in an elaborate way
    • - her elaborately coiffed hair
  2. Style or arrange the hair of (someone)
    • - she was sent to Paris to be groomed and coiffed
Noun
  1. A woman's close-fitting cap, now only worn under a veil by nuns

  2. A protective metal skullcap worn under armor

  1. cover with a coif
  2. hairdo: the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
  3. a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
  4. dress: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding"
  5. A coif is a close fitting cap that covers the top, back, and sides of the head.
  6. A hairdo; A hood; A chain mail head gear; To style or arrange hair
  7. A Mail defense for the head in the form of a hood, often worn under a full helm. The mail coif was worn over a padded cap, providing excellent protection against both shock and penetration.
  8. A type of armored head-covering made out of chain-mail.
  9. close-fitting cap of white linen later embroidered or made in black.
  10. a hood, often padded and sometimes made of mail
  11. an under-hat or house-hat shaped very like modern baby bonnets. Worn for warmth and/or to keep hair oils out of unwashable hats. Often decorated with Holbein-work in the 16th/17th centuries.
  12. A mail hood. Also a cloth cap secured under the chin with ties. See also arming cap.
  13. Made of linen, tied under the chin or possibly secured to the hair with pins. Almost always white from the first quarter of the 16th century onward, there was a fashion for early French Hoods to have red coifs prior to 1520.
  14. Protective head covering made of mail. Worn until mid-14th century when basinet and aventail became the most common form of head defence. Usually wore a cap of coiled rope beneath it.
  15. chainmail armor worn over the head
  16. Hood, usually of mail
  17. A maille hood covering the head, neck and soemtimes the top of the shoulders.