Couvre-Chef is the Norman word that refers to a Medieval head covering for women. Couvre-Chef is a piece of fabric Draped over the head and to the shoulders.
Couvre-Chef was also known in Anglo-Saxon as Coverchief or Headrall.
Anglo Saxon is the same as Old English, while Norman is the same as Norman French. Adjective "of the Normans" or their dialect of French and adjective "of the Anglo-Saxons" or the Old English language