curchn.

Brit.

/kəːtʃ/, U.S.

/kərtʃ/, Scottish English

/kʌrtʃ/

Forms: Middle English kerche, querch, querche, ( courchie), Middle English–1500s courch(e, curche, (1500s cowrtche), 1600s kerch, (1600s–1700s kurch(e, 1700s kirch, 1800s kertch), 1600s– curch.

Etymology: An inferred singular of curches, representing Old French couvrechés , -chiés , plural of couvrechef : see coverchief n., kerchief n.With Middle English keuerche , kerche (disyllabic) compare Old French cuevrechié , occasionally form of cuevrechief , in plural cuevrechies ; the regular modern representation of this would be kerchy : compare kerchief n. 1.

Scottish.

A covering for the head; a kerchief; ‘a square piece of linen used in former times by women, instead of a cap or mutch’ (Jamieson).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > head-cloth or -scarf

headclothOE

head-lineOE

headrailOE

head-kerchief1378

kercherc1380

coverchiefc1386

voluperc1386

kerchiefa1400

curch1447

amict1480

head-kercher1556

orhni1678

headscarf1688

handkerchiefa1774

kopdoek1911

scarf1917

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 285 She hyr wolde arayin ful porely..and..Up on hyr hede leyn a foule kerche.

1457 Sc. Acts Jas. II c. 71 On theer heads short curches..Courchies of theer awin making.

c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 265 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 36 With þe querch [he] hid his face.

c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 295 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 37 Paule myn querche gaf to me.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 241 A soudly courche our hed and nek leit fall.

1530 Inv. in Nugæ Derelictæ (1880) x. 9 Item xxi neipkins and brest cowrtchis. Itm thre nek cowrtchis.

a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 176 And said my curches ar nocht prest.

1609 J. Skene tr. Treat. Crimes iv. c. 39 in Regiam Majestatem 155 Women suld not come to the kirk..with her face covered,..vnder the paine of escheit of the kurche.

1698 M. Martin Late Voy. St. Kilda 97 The Kerch, or Head-dress worn by her self.

a1758 A. Ramsay Poems (1800) II. 313 Kurchis and kirtles Are fitter for thee.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake Notes p. liv The snood..was exchanged for the curch, toy, or coif, when she [sc. a Scottish lass] passed, by marriage, into the matron state.

1854 M. Oliphant Magdalen Hepburn I. 150 An old woman with long grey locks escaping from her curch.

1900 A. Carmichael Carmina Gadelica I. p. xxv On the morning after the marriage the mother of the bride..placed the ‘breid tri chearnach’, three-cornered kertch, on the head of the bride before she rose from her bed.

1900 A. Carmichael Carmina Gadelica I. p. xxv The feast of the ‘bord breid’, kertch table, was almost as great as the feast of the marriage table.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	curch
释义	curchn. Brit. /kəːtʃ/, U.S. /kərtʃ/, Scottish English /kʌrtʃ/ Forms: Middle English kerche, querch, querche, ( courchie), Middle English–1500s courch(e, curche, (1500s cowrtche), 1600s kerch, (1600s–1700s kurch(e, 1700s kirch, 1800s kertch), 1600s– curch. Etymology: An inferred singular of curches, representing Old French couvrechés , -chiés , plural of couvrechef : see coverchief n., kerchief n.With Middle English keuerche , kerche (disyllabic) compare Old French cuevrechié , occasionally form of cuevrechief , in plural cuevrechies ; the regular modern representation of this would be kerchy : compare kerchief n. 1. Scottish. A covering for the head; a kerchief; ‘a square piece of linen used in former times by women, instead of a cap or mutch’ (Jamieson). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > head-cloth or -scarf headclothOE head-lineOE headrailOE head-kerchief1378 kercherc1380 coverchiefc1386 voluperc1386 kerchiefa1400 curch1447 amict1480 head-kercher1556 orhni1678 headscarf1688 handkerchiefa1774 kopdoek1911 scarf1917 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 285 She hyr wolde arayin ful porely..and..Up on hyr hede leyn a foule kerche. 1457 Sc. Acts Jas. II c. 71 On theer heads short curches..Courchies of theer awin making. c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 265 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 36 With þe querch [he] hid his face. c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 295 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 37 Paule myn querche gaf to me. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 241 A soudly courche our hed and nek leit fall. 1530 Inv. in Nugæ Derelictæ (1880) x. 9 Item xxi neipkins and brest cowrtchis. Itm thre nek cowrtchis. a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 176 And said my curches ar nocht prest. 1609 J. Skene tr. Treat. Crimes iv. c. 39 in Regiam Majestatem 155 Women suld not come to the kirk..with her face covered,..vnder the paine of escheit of the kurche. 1698 M. Martin Late Voy. St. Kilda 97 The Kerch, or Head-dress worn by her self. a1758 A. Ramsay Poems (1800) II. 313 Kurchis and kirtles Are fitter for thee. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake Notes p. liv The snood..was exchanged for the curch, toy, or coif, when she [sc. a Scottish lass] passed, by marriage, into the matron state. 1854 M. Oliphant Magdalen Hepburn I. 150 An old woman with long grey locks escaping from her curch. 1900 A. Carmichael Carmina Gadelica I. p. xxv On the morning after the marriage the mother of the bride..placed the ‘breid tri chearnach’, three-cornered kertch, on the head of the bride before she rose from her bed. 1900 A. Carmichael Carmina Gadelica I. p. xxv The feast of the ‘bord breid’, kertch table, was almost as great as the feast of the marriage table. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1447
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