having four corners, square; four-cornered cap, a college cap or ‘square’.
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| 释义 | the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > denoting office or profession > academic (13) four-cornered capc1440 having four corners, square; four-cornered cap, a college cap or ‘square’. corner-cap1566 A cap with four (or three) corners, worn by divines and members of the Universities in 16–17th centuries. See also cornered, adj. 3. cornered cap1583 = corner-cap, n. Obsolete. square cap1584 An academic cap with a square top; a mortarboard, trencher. cap1611 Used contextually instead of college cap (esp. in phrase cap and gown), night-cap, skull-cap, or other specific sense: see 4e. university cap1646 an academic cap worn by the members of a university on formal occasions; a mortar board. trencher-cap1721 A popular name for the academic or college cap, ‘in shape thought to resemble an inverted trencher with a basin upon it’ (Farmer and Henley); a… trencher1834 spec. = trencher-cap, n. muffin cap1837 a flat woollen cap formerly worn by charity-school boys, etc. mortarboard1854 Originally slang. A close-fitting cap surmounted by a broader square of stiff cardboard or similar material, covered with black cloth and dressed… house cap1863 a cap made of the colours adopted by a particular house in a school, esp. one awarded for proficiency in sports. colleger1889 A mortarboard. slang. square1928 = square cap, n. 1. |
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