e. With some qualifying word, indicative of shape, origin, or character; as black cap n.; college cap, square cap, that worn by academics, which in its present shape is also popularly styled trencher cap, or mortarboard, and in its earlier form is called in Scottish Universities the John Knox cap (see also catercap n.); forked cap, a mitre; †great cap (see quot.); †Monmouth cap (see quot. a1661 at sense 4a): Scotch cap, the cloth cap worn with the Highland dress; also various recent modifications of that pattern; †spiced cap, ? a cap lined with a blister for the head; †statute cap, a cap of wool ordered by statute (see quot. 1571) to be worn by citizens on holydays for the benefit of the cappers' trade; hence, cap of wool, taken as the mark of a tradesman or citizen. Also cricket-cap, polo-cap, football-cap. And see catercap n., nightcap n., skull-cap n., etc.