coif noun. [kɔɪf] ME.
[Old French coife (mod. coiffe) head-dress from late Latin cofia helmet.]
1. A close-fitting cap covering the top, back, and sides of the head. Now Hist. except as worn by nuns. ME.

2. A close-fitting skullcap worn under a helmet. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.

3. A white cap worn by lawyers as a distinctive mark of their profession, esp. & later only that worn by a serjeant-at-law. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
the coif Hist. the position of serjeant-at-law (SERGEANT of the coif).

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coif verb trans. [kɔɪf] LME.
[Partly from Old French coifer (mod. coiffer), formed as COIF noun; partly from the noun.]
Provide or cover with a coif; (obsolete exc. Hist.) invest with a serjeant-at-law's coif.

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