kercher

9.9

A small old-fashioned scarf a woman ties over her head

noun

Archaic

: pañuelo

She tied a white kercher around her head before going outside.

Examples

In the old portrait, the woman wore a patterned kercher as part of her traditional dress.
The grandmother folded her kercher neatly after returning from the market.
Look at that lovely kercher!
She wore a beautiful kercher around her neck.
In the old portrait, the woman wore a patterned kercher as part of her traditional dress.
She tied a white kercher around her head before going outside.
The grandmother folded her kercher neatly after returning from the market.

Synonyms

headscarf

vskercher

10 2.3

A piece of cloth often worn by women on the head for warmth, to cover hair, or for style

is an old fashioned term used mainly for women's head coverings

kerchief

vskercher

9 6.7

A square cloth you wear on your head or around your neck

is an old fashioned name for that same cloth

tichel

vskercher

9.9

A headscarf that some Jewish women wear for religious or cultural reasons

is an old fashioned general term not specific to one religion

khimar

vskercher

9.8

A long headscarf that covers hair, neck, shoulders and hangs just above the waist

is an old fashioned general name not this specific long covering

Surface Forms

kercher singular

kerchers plural

Etymology

Kercher is an old form of kerchief, from an old phrase made of cover 'to cover' and chief 'head', so it literally meant to 'cover the head'. So a kercher is a piece of cloth used to 'cover' a woman's head, like a headscarf.