different between coif vs corf

English

Alternative forms

• coiffe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?f/, /k??f/

  Rhymes: -?f, -??f

• Homophone: quaff

Etymology 1

From Middle English coif, coife, coyf, coyfe, coyffe, from Old French coife, coiffe, from Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju, related to Old High German kupphia, kupha, kupfe (“mug, hood, cap”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppij? (“cap, hat , bonnet, headpiece”), Proto-Germanic *kupp? (“vat, mug, cup”), from pre-Germanic *kubná-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew-, *g?- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Cognate with Middle High German kupfe (“cap, headgear, helmet”).

Noun

coif (plural coifs)

1. A hairdo.
2. (historical) A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.
3. (historical) An item of chain mail headgear.
4. An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
   • c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers

     The judges, […] although they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English coifen, from Old French coifier, from the noun (see above).

Verb

coif (third-person singular simple present coifs, present participle coiffing or coifing, simple past and past participle coiffed or coifed)

1. (transitive) To style or arrange hair.
   • 1925, Ezra Pound, Canto I:

     Circe’s this craft, the trim-coifed goddess.

Translations

Anagrams

• FICO, fico, foci

Romanian

Etymology

From Late Latin cofia. Compare French coiffe.

Noun

coif n (plural coifuri)

1. casque

See also

• casc?

English

Etymology

From Middle English corf, borrowed from Middle Low German korf or Middle Dutch korf, from Proto-West Germanic *korb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??f/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??f/
• Rhymes: -??(?)f
• Hyphenation: corf

Noun

corf (plural corves or corfs)

1. (mining) A large basket, especially as used for coal.
   • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:

     Why, I am simple as a pony, Sir […] ?– born in a Drift, a Corf for my cradle, and nought but the Back-shift for Schoolmasters there […] ?

2. A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater.
3. (mining) A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.

Related terms

• korfball

Translations

Old French

Alternative forms

• corb, corp, crop

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *corbus < Classical Latin corvus.

Noun

corf m (oblique plural cors, nominative singular cors, nominative plural corf)

1. crow (bird)

Related terms

• corbel