undercapn.
A cap worn under another; ? a night-cap.
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undercap1531
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fool's cap1577
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blue capa1586
wishing-cap1600
Wantage cap1609
infernal1610
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montera1626
montera cap1652
school cap1736
wing cap1775
balloon1784
balloon-cap1785
spider-cap1790
poke-fly cap1810
strap-cap1820
mandarin cap1835
porringer-cap1839
chechia1853
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mitre1877
turban-cap1881
half-cap1893
pillbox cap1897
Queen Mary hat1928
snap-back1937
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1531 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 43 Item, two olde Caps and two ondercaps, x d.
1547 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 11 vij vnder Cappes or nyght Cappes to the same of Crymsin Satten.
1651 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 480 6 serge undercapps and 6 Browne callico under-capps.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Hoomet A child's under-cap.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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