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A coif was a steel cap worn by knights, and later the name was used for the lawn hood or cap won by sergeants-at-law.
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A biggin is a plain, close-fitting cap, often tied under the chin. They were popular during the 16th and 17th centuries and were based upon the coif-like caps worn by the Beguires lay sisters.
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A calotte was a cap or coif worn over the tonsure by ecclesiastics in France in the 15th and 16th centuries. The name was also applied to the padded cap which knights wore under their helmet, and, during the reformation, to a close-fitting woman's head-dress.
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A coif is a close-fitting cap. During the Middle Ages a coif was worn under a veil by women and by knights beneath a chain-mail hood. Today coifs are worn by nuns.
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