Scarf

Definitions

1. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
2. A type of joint in woodworking, formed by two shaped ends that fit into or onto each other.
   transitive
3. A cormorant.
   Scotland, transitive
4. Archaic form of scurf (“skin disease; skin flakes”).
   alt-of, archaic, countable, transitive, uncountable
5. A headscarf.
6. A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
   transitive
7. A neckcloth or cravat.
   dated
8. A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.”

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