coqueluches
coqueluches is the plural of coqueluche.
Meaning of coqueluche
Noun
coqueluche (plural coqueluches)
- A type of hood historically worn by those infected with whooping cough, to keep a warm head.
- The coqueluchon or coqueluche was a kind of hood very generally worn at certain periods of the year, which seems to have given its name to the hooping-cough, because those who were attacked by that illness wore a coqueluche or monk's hood to keep their head warm.1896, Alphonse Mariette, French and English idioms and proverbs: with critical and historical notes, page 104
Questions about coqueluches
- What is coqueluches the plural of?
- Coqueluches is the plural of coqueluche.
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