Definitions for curch

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Spelling: [kurch]
IPA: /kɜrtʃ/

Curch is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in curch (cchru).

Definitions for curch

noun

  1. a simple, close-fitting cap worn by women in colonial America.
  2. a kerchief worn by Scottish women.

Origin of curch

1400-50; late Middle English kerche, c(o)urche, back formation from courche(i)s (plural) Middle French couvrech(i)es, plural of couvrechef kerchief; the final e o

Examples for curch

Some of these good women generally 'busk the bride's first curch.'

curch, which is etymologically the same word, and means a covering for the head.

A ribbon worn by Scotch lassies and upon marriage replaced by the matron's "curch" or cap.

It is then covered with the curch; a square piece of linen doubled diagonally, and passed round the head close to the forehead.

Word Value for curch
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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