curch

curch
/kerrch/, n.
1. a simple, close-fitting cap worn by women in colonial America.
2. a kerchief worn by Scottish women.
[1400-50; late ME kerche, c(o)urche, back formation from courche(i)s (pl.) < MF couvrech(i)es, pl. of couvrechef KERCHIEF; the final e of the sing. form, orig. long, was later lost]

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