COIF

I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin cofea Date: 14th century a close-fitting cap: as, a hoodlike cap worn under a veil by nuns, a protective usually metal skullcap formerly worn under a hood of mail, a white cap formerly worn by English lawyers and especially by serjeants-at-law, ~fure , II. transitive verb (~fed or ~ed; ~fing or ~ing) Date: 15th century to cover or dress with or as if with a ~, to arrange (hair) by brushing, combing, or curling