coif

thumb|Young Woman with a White Coif by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1541 A coif () is a close fitting cap worn by both men and women that covers the top, back, and sides of the head.

==History== Coifs date from the tenth century, but fell out of popularity with men in the fourteenth century. Coifs were worn by all classes in England and Scotland from the Middle Ages to the early seventeenth century (and later as an old-fashioned cap for countrywomen and young children).