scarf
1a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.
a necktie or cravat with hanging ends.
a long cover or ornamental cloth for a bureau, table, etc.
to cover or wrap with or as if with a scarf.
to use in the manner of a scarf.
Origin of scarf
1Other words from scarf
- scarfless, adjective
- scarflike, adjective
Other definitions for scarf (2 of 3)
to eat, especially voraciously (often followed by down or up): to scarf down junk food.
Origin of scarf
2Other definitions for scarf (3 of 3)
a tapered or otherwise-formed end on each of the pieces to be assembled with a scarf joint.
Whaling. a strip of skin along the body of the whale.
to assemble with a scarf joint.
to form a scarf on (the end of a timber).
Steelmaking. to burn away the surface defects of (newly rolled steel).
Whaling. to make a groove in and remove (the blubber and skin).
Origin of scarf
3- Also scarph (for defs. 1, 3, 4) .
Other words from scarf
- scarfer, noun
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How to use scarf in a sentence
They are unleashed into the narrow streets of old Pamplona and forced to stampede, pursued by crazy guys in red scarfs.
In the streets, the women invariably wear large scarfs, which they draw over their heads in church.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThey are very handsome, I suppose, those Mexican women; very picturesque, with their black eyes and their lace scarfs.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinA week later, a herald from Bayonne arrived at Castel-jaloux, with worked scarfs and handkerchiefs for the entire Huguenot band.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry BairdSkenedonk also had new toggery in scarfs and trinkets which I did not recognize, and his fine buckskins were cleaned.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell Catherwood
"I feel like an Egyptian mummy," she remarked as she skinned off two long coats and unwound several scarfs.
Molly Brown's Sophomore Days | Nell Speed
British Dictionary definitions for scarf (1 of 2)
/ (skɑːf) /
a rectangular, triangular, or long narrow piece of cloth worn around the head, neck, or shoulders for warmth or decoration
to wrap with or as if with a scarf
to use as or in the manner of a scarf
Origin of scarf
1British Dictionary definitions for scarf (2 of 2)
/ (skɑːf) /
Also called: scarf joint, scarfed joint a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
the end of a piece of timber shaped to form such a joint
NZ a wedge-shaped cut made in a tree before felling, to determine the direction of the fall
whaling an incision made along a whale's body before stripping off the blubber
to join (two pieces of timber) by means of a scarf
to make a scarf on (a piece of timber)
to cut a scarf in (a whale)
Origin of scarf
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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