/kerrch/ , n.
1. a simple, close-fitting cap worn by women in colonial America.
2. a kerchief worn by Scottish women.
[ 1400-50; late ME kerche, c ( o ) urche, back formation from courche ( i ) s (pl.) couvrech ( i ) es, pl. of couvrechef KERCHIEF; the final e of the sing. form, orig. long, was later lost ]