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Definition of Kerchief
1. Noun. A square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck.
Definition of Kerchief
1. n. A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in compounds; as, neckerchief; breastkerchief; and later, handkerchief.
Definition of Kerchief
1. Noun. (context: old-fashioned) A piece of cloth used to cover the head. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kerchief
1. a cloth worn as a head covering [n -CHIEFS or -CHIEVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kerchief
Literary usage of Kerchief
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Songs of Ukraina, with Ruthenian Poems by Florence Randal Livesay (1916)
"And while she stitched she sang: " My kerchief, embroidered, stitched, and scalloped !
I shall present thee and my lover shall kiss me. ..."
2. Manual of Physical Training, Games and Mass Competitions by Charles Herbert Keene (1914)
"Snatch the kerchief (7, 8). Players, ten to forty. ... When neither player is
willing to attempt touching the kerchief, the umpire restarts them after one ..."
3. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and by John Smith (1830)
"... the dress is of black silk, and a white kerchief concealing the bosom. 2 ft.
... and a muslin kerchief partly covers the bosom; the right hand, ..."
4. A Woman's Story of Pioneer Illinois by Christiana Holmes Tillson (1919)
"of the female portion of the family, with the exception of Mrs. Kilpatrick, who
very wisely covered her neck with a kerchief made of the same material as ..."
5. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"My stockings there I often knit, My kerchief there I hem : And there upon their
graves I sit— I lit, and sing to them." ' The other argument was developed ..."
6. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"Will not wear my kerchief? Nay! Dp not tell me why, I will not listen! If you go
without it You will go hence to die. "Hush! Do not answer! ..."
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