curch
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- courch (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Scots curch, from Middle Scots curche, from Early Scots curche (English Middle English keverchef). Doublet of kerchief.
Noun
[edit]curch (plural curches)
- (Scotland) A square piece of linen formerly worn by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.
- 1810, Walter Scott, “Canto III. The Gathering.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):
- The snood was exchanged for the curch, toy, or coif, when a Scottish lass passed, by marriage, into the matron state.
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]curch
- (Early Scots) alternative form of keverchef
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