Alternative or variant spelling of 'coiffing'; putting on or adjusting a coif (close-fitting cap).
From 'coif' (close-fitting cap) plus English '-ing' suffix, this variant spelling appears less frequently than 'coiffing' in modern English.
This spelling variant shows how French loanwords in English create multiple accepted spellings—'coif' and 'coiffe' both produce valid English words with slightly different pronunciations.
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