statute cap
British (historical after early 17th cent.)
noun
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 rank.
- The Act, which was intended to support a declining cap-knitting industry, was repealed in 1597..
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in William Shakespeare (1564–1616), playwright and poet.
- lay brother
- lay-by
- lay claim to
- laydee
- lay down (one's) arms
- lay down one's arms (or weapons)
- lay down one's life
- lay down the law
- layer
- layer cake
- layer cut
- layer dressing
- layering
- layer-out
- layette
- lay eyes on
- lay figure
- lay hands on (also lay or put one's hands on)
- lay hold of (or on)
- lay into
- lay it on the line
- layman
- lay off
- lay oneself out to do something
- lay (or give) odds