kercher

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English

Etymology

From Middle English kevercher, kercher, from Old French cuevrechier.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Noun

kercher (plural kerchers)

(obsolete) A bandana.
Synonym: (dated) kerchief
- 1530 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), Iohan Palsgraue , “The Table of Verbes”, in Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse⸝ , : ">…] 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

Derived terms

References

“kercher”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle English

Noun

kercher

alternative form of kevercher
- c. 1330, “Early English Text Society, Extra Series 46, 48”, in E. Kölbing, editor, The Romance of Sir Beues of Hamtoun:
  A keuerchef to him a drouȝ In þat ilche stounde, To stope mide is wonde.
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