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kerchiefed

kerchiefed

8.3
Wearing a small cloth tied around the head
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɜrʧɪft/
  • Archaic
translation icon : cubierto con un pañuelo
  • Kerchiefed women plied curved ulus over the plump stomachs of the freshly caught salmon.
  • kerchiefed head
  • kerchiefed woman

Examples

  • The kerchiefed woman sat under the tree, reading a book, with the breeze gently lifting her colorful headscarf.

  • He saw her straighten at the ring, open her purse, and place the phone to the kerchiefed side of her head.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • She was busy butting her kerchiefed head into the womanless chaos, and the men were banished to the porch.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • During the festival, a group of kerchiefed dancers twirled gracefully, their brightly colored scarves adding to the celebration.

  • At the market, several kerchiefed vendors displayed their handmade goods, creating a vibrant atmosphere filled with chatter.

Synonyms

hatted
vskerchiefed
3 5.8

Wearing a hat, often a particular kind

is a soft cloth wrap tied or folded rather than a firm shaped cover
cowled
vskerchiefed
1 9.2

With the head covered by a hood like a monk's robe

is a smaller tied cloth covering rather than a large enclosing hood
bonneted
vskerchiefed
7.1

Wearing a small hat or similar head covering

is a simple cloth wrapped or tied on the head not shaped or rigid

How Covered

veiled
25 6.2
hooded
27 3.2
kerchiefed
  • Archaic
8.3
bareheaded
1 3.9

Surface Forms

kerchiefed positive

Morphology

kerchiefed = kerchief (transparent) = kerchief + ed

Formed by adding the adjectival/past-participial suffix '-ed' to 'kerchief' meaning 'wearing or covered with a kerchief', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word kerchiefed comes from kerchief, which comes from old words meaning 'cover' and 'head', like cover + chief. So to be kerchiefed is to have your head covered with a cloth.