† tarfn.
Obsolete.
The turn or facing of a cap.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > other
bouta1300
locketa1350
flipe1530
tarf1545
corneta1547
round tire1560
scuffe1599
lappet1601
mirror1601
flandana1685
rose1725
rounding1732
feather-peeper1757
screed1788
valance1791
busby-bag1807
cointise1834
wing1834
kredemnon1850
havelock1861
cache-peigne1873
pullover1875
stocking-foot1921
grummet1953
1545 Rates Custome House sig. Aviij Cappes with syngle tarfs the dossen xiii.s. iiii.d.
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. xi. 245 Then aftrewarde are thei [Janizarie] chosen into souldie, and haue giuen them..a white cappe, with a tarfe tourned vpwarde.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > like a cap > types of cap
lugged1489
marabas1538
tarfed1545
unbanded1570
high-crowned1598
brimless1615
Phrygian1618
poked1631
round-eared1724
winkered1804
peakless1844
shadeless1852
Mother Hubbard1877
visorless1889
fore and aft1940
visored1950
1545 Rates Custome House sig. Aviij Cappes double tarfed & necked and all other of frenche makyng.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
n.1545