— kerchiefed, kerchieft , adj.
/kerr"chif, -cheef/ , n.
1. a woman's square scarf worn as a covering for the head or sometimes the shoulders.
2. a handkerchief.
[ 1250-1300; ME kerchef, syncopated var. of keverchef cuevrechef lit., (it) covers (the) head. See COVER, CHIEF ]