any of various caps originating in or characteristic of Scotland; esp. = Scotch cap, n. 1.

In Scotland: a broad round flattened bonnet of blue woollen material; a blue tam-o'-shanter.

In Scotland: = blue bonnet, n. 1a. Obsolete.

A Scottish cap of thick, firm woollen cloth, without a brim, typically decorated with two tails or streamers and a pompom (or ‘toorie’), and chiefly…

a type of woollen cap ordered by the Act of 13 Eliz. c. 19 (1571) to be worn on Sundays and holidays by all people not of a high social or official…

= Monmouth cap n. at sense 1.

A Scotch cap. Cf. bonnet, n. 2a.

= Scotch cap, n. 1.

a woollen cap.

(More fully scone cap.) ‘The old broad bonnet of the Lowlands’ (Jamieson).

A kind of man's cap, higher in front than at back, of Highland origin, now chiefly worn by persons dressed in Highland costume, and till lately by…

A round flat woollen cap worn by the Basque peasantry; also, a clerical biretta, and a cap named from it.

Used as a specific name of: (a) a variety of Scotch cap; (b) a kind of figured woollen petticoat; (c) a kind of boot lacing in front.

In full, Tam o' Shanter bonnet, Tam o' Shanter cap: A soft woollen bonnet with flat circular crown, the circumference of which is about twice…

a knit hat, originally one with a long, tapered end.

= tam-o'-shanter, n.

= tam-o'-shanter, n.

U.S. regional (southern and Midwest). A knit hat, originally one with a long, tapered end; = toboggan cap n. at compounds 2.

A tall woollen cap intended to be worn over dreadlocks, and associated esp. with Rastafarians.