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▪ I. † ˈbarret1 Obs. rare—1. [f. bar n.1 + -et1; cf. F. barrette.] A little bar.
1577Holinshed Chron. III. 1256/2 The field of ten barrets silver and azure. ▪ II. barret2|ˈbærɪt| Also 9 baret, barrette. [a. F. barrette (= Pr. barreta, berreta, It. berretta, Sp. birreta): see biretta.] A little flat cap; esp. the biretta, worn by Roman Catholic clerics.
1828Scott F.M. Perth ii, The steel caps, barrets, and plumes, of squires, archers, and men-at-arms. 1845E. Holmes Mozart 66 The Cardinal taking his baret from his head. 1870Disraeli Lothair viii. 32 Waving, as he spoke..his pink barrette. 1880J. Hawthorne E. Quentin I. 159 A kind of scarlet barret-cap surmounted the heavy black coil of her hair. ▪ III. barret var. barrat, Obs., strife, distress. |