From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
coif
n 1: the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
[syn: hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure,
coif]
2: a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a
hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
v 1: cover with a coif
2: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn:
dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe,
coiffure]