Definition of Cloth cap

1. Noun. A flat woolen cap with a stiff peak.

Exact synonyms: Flat Cap
Generic synonyms: Cap

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloth Cap

closure principle
closured
closures
closuring
closylate
clot
clot-dissolving medications
clot buster
clot retraction
clot retraction time
clotbur
clotburs
clote
clotes
cloth
cloth cap (current term)
cloth covering
clothback
clothbacks
clothbound
clothe
clothed
clothes
clothes-brush
clothes-brushes
clothes-maiden
clothes-peg
clothes-pegs
clothes-shop
clothes basket

Literary usage of Cloth cap

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The cuirassiers wear white tunics with shoulder scales, cuirass, and helmet; the dragoons a dark green tunic, with scales and cloth cap; the lancers, ..."

2. Ollendorff's New Method of Learning to Read, Write, and Speak: the Spanish by Mariano Velázquez de la Cadena, Théodore Simonné (1866)
"Have you your good gun ?—I have it not, Sir.—Have you my old iron gun ?— I have it.—Which gun have you ?—I have the old iron gun.—Have you my cloth cap ? ..."

3. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1855)
"His fine, intelligent face, under a check-cloth cap, presented itself at various ... The check-cloth cap had lost its pristine freshness ; the fine, ..."

4. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"... instead of the square black cloth cap, with their gowns, and the custom of doing so Is generally adopted, except by the HEADS, Tutors, and University ..."

5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Defendant had placed a white cloth cap over a bunch of hay near the traveled portion of the highway in the town of Hermon. The corners of the cloth were ..."

6. European Historical Collections: Comprising England, Scotland, with Holland by John Warner Barber (1855)
"A square black cloth cap, with s-ilk tassel, completes the costume. ... instead of the square black cloth cap, with their gowns, and the custom of doing so ..."

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