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scarf
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Word definitions for scarf in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A scarf , also known as a Kremer , muffler or neck-wrap , is a piece of fabric worn around the neck , near the head or around the waist for warmth, cleanliness, fashion or religious reasons. They can come in a variety of different colours.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scarf \Scarf\, n. In a piece which is to be united to another by a scarf joint, the part of the end or edge that is tapered off, rabbeted, or notched so as to be thinner than the rest of the piece. A scarf joint. Scarf joint A joint made by overlapping ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"connecting joint," late 13c., probably from a Scandinavian source (such as Old Norse skarfr "nail for fastening a joint," Swedish skarf , Norwegian skarv ). A general North Sea Germanic ship-building word (compare Dutch scherf ), the exact relationship ...
Usage examples of scarf.
She was wearing zip-up furry bootees, three cardigans, an overcoat, a new woolly scarf Genevieve had bought her, and her best hat.
It was almost unbearable to turn away from the mass of students streaming out into the sunshine, all of them wearing rosettes and hats and brandishing banners and scarves, to descend the stone steps into the dungeons and walk until the distant sounds of the crowd were quite obliterated, knowing that he would not be able to hear a word of commentary or a cheer or groan.
Yes, he was now at the foot of Brandreth, and the horses and their riders had not emerged above the Scarf.
She slipped into her coat and covered her bare head with the blue hat Mamo had knitted two winters before, and she wrapped her scarf tightly around her neck.
She buttoned her quilted jacket, put on a pair of biker goggles, tied a Montagnard scarf around her neck and face, and put on a black fur-trimmed leather hat with earflaps.
Montagnard biker costumes: leather jacket for me, quilted jacket for Susan, fur-trimmed leather hats, and Montagnard scarves.
I kept wiping my goggles and face with my Montagnard scarf, and my leather jacket was shiny with moisture.
Highway One, then we pulled over and got into our Montagnard scarves and the fur-trimmed leather hats.
We both took off our blue Montagnard scarves and put them in our backpacks.
I started with the neck, conscious that if the whole concept were in fact beyond my ability, I could overpaint a fluffy scarf or jewel decoration to conceal the failure.
Malenfant sacrificed more parafoil silk to make a hat and a scarf for his neck, and he added a little of a silvered survival blanket to the top of his hat to deflect the sunlight.
No Scantling performs any kind of work on the Sabbath, so the streets were almost empty as I and Paula-she with a short coat of mine over her blouse and skirt and a scarf wrapped around her head-made our way to the Institute for Probatory Therapies.
She put a hand up and adjusted his scarf in a slightly proprietorial way.
She went first to the bathroom and looked in, after which she resumed her chair, opened the black satin bag, and drew out her knitting, a mass of pale blue wool which, unfolded, declared itself as one of those rambling wraps or scarves in which invalids are invited to entangle themselves.
Abruptly the farmer had dug two long scarves out of his coat pocket and pushed the tangle of wool at them.