kerchief
noun
a woman's square scarf worn as a covering for the head or sometimes the shoulders.
kerchiefed
-
a word derived from
kerchief.
Example Sentences
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As I stared up at the damage, a kerchiefed head poked through a doorway and looked quizzically at the stranger taking photos outside her home.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2018
A kerchiefed woman selling pastries frowns when asked what she thinks of the Turkish president.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2017
The new movie—a comedy starring Greta Gerwig as a kerchiefed co-ed—concerns the self-inventive ideas and self-destructive ideations of young people.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2012
Wounded men on homemade wooden crutches hobbled amid hordes of kerchiefed old women in knitted vests as children shouted and played.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile guests were arriving at the great lord’s house, bringing their sheep, and wine, the ease of men, with loaves their comely kerchiefed women sent, to make a feast in hall.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
