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from The Century Dictionary.

noun A part of the headdress worn by women with the coif in the seventeenth century.

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A "cross-cloth" of green sarcenet, with the Assumption of Our Lady in gold.

Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See George Worley
A "cross-cloth" of the same material, with St. Margaret.

Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See George Worley
A "cross-cloth" [43] of purple damask, with an image of the Trinity of gold.

Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See George Worley

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