Meaning & use
kerchief
A piece of cloth worn over the head or around the neck, or carried as a handkerchief.
See it in a sentence
She tied a bright kerchief over her hair before working in the garden.
He wiped his brow with a cotton kerchief pulled from his back pocket.
A note on using this word
Kerchief now sounds somewhat old-fashioned; scarf or bandanna are the more common modern words for similar items.
Words with a similar meaning
scarfbandanna
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