coiffing

noun

1. a cap that fits the head closely
2. a white cap formerly worn by English lawyers, esp. by serjeants-at-law
3. the rank of serjeant-at-law
4. a thick skullcap formerly worn under a hood of mail

5. Etymology: back-form. < coiffure

   a style of arranging the hair

Etymology: ME & OFr coife < LL cofea, a cap, hood < ?

transitive verb coifed, coifing coif′·ing, coiffed, coiffing coif′·fing

1. to cover with or as with a coif
2. 1. to style (the hair)
   2. to give a coiffure to