1. The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
   "Her elegant coif was perfect for the wedding";
   - hairdo [informal], hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, do [informal]
    
2. A skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
   "The nun adjusted her coif before putting on her veil"

1. Cover with a coif
   "The nun coifd her head before leaving the convent"
    
2. Style or arrange hair attractively
   "coif my hair for the wedding";
   - dress, arrange, set, do, coiffe, coiffure

Sounds like: quaff

Derived forms: coifed, coiffed, coifs, coifing

Type of: cover, groom, hair, neaten, skullcap

Encyclopedia: Coif