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Definition of Bycoket
1. Noun. (obsolete except historical) A type of ancient cap or headdress, worn by military men and also ornamentally by men and women, including by the kings of England (the upper part of which was in the form of a double crown). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bycoket
1. a type of ornamental cap [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bycoket
Literary usage of Bycoket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"Henry was not in the action, but at Bywell Castle, on the north side of the Tyne,
where his " bycoket", or coroneted cap3 and other personal relics were ..."
2. Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England by Great Britain Privy Council, Great Britain Record Commission (1837)
"... Richard erle of Salesbury a bycoket cum omnibus aliis Tie. ut supra beyng in ye
... ye said bycoket j two ..."
3. The History of England by John Lingard, Hilaire Belloc (1874)
"... was so closely pursued that three of his henchmen were taken clothed in gowns
of blue velvet, and on them was found his bycoket or cap of state, ..."
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