Meaning of coqueluche | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of hood historically worn by those infected with whooping cough, to keep a warm head.

obsolete

Examples

“The coqueluchon or coqueluche was a kind of hood very generally worn at certain periods of the year, which seems to have given its name to the hooping-cough, because those who were attacked by that illness wore a coqueluche or monk's hood to keep their head warm.”

“[…] because the sick wore a coqueluche on their heads (as a part of the treatment prescribed) certainly owes its currency to Dr. Short, but he appears to have relied upon the authority of Schenkius […]”

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