kercher

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English

Etymology

From Middle English kercher, kerchere, kerchure, kevercher, keverchere, kirchire, from coverchef.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Noun

kercher (plural kerchers)

  1. (obsolete) A bandana.
    Synonym: (dated) kerchief
    • 1530 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), Iohan Palsgraue [i.e., John Palsgrave], “The Table of Verbes”, in Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse⸝ , : [Richard Pynson] fynnysshed by Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, 3rd boke, folio ccccxi, recto, column 2; reprinted Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, October 1972, →OCLC:
      He had a kercher wreathed aboute his heed: []
    • 1838, The Metropolitan Magazine - Volume 22, "The Furlough"
      Her hair , once black , was now confined under a kercher

References

Middle English

Noun

kercher

  1. Alternative form of coverchef
    • c. 1330, “Early English Text Society, Extra Series 46, 48”, in E. Kölbing, editor, The Romance of Sir Beues of Hamtoun:
      A keuerchef [vr. kercher] to him a drouȝ In þat ilche stounde, To stope mide is wonde.
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