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Definition of Peaked cap
1. Noun. A cap with a flat circular top and a visor.
Terms within: Bill, Eyeshade, Peak, Visor, Vizor
Generic synonyms: Cap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peaked Cap
Literary usage of Peaked cap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Two Chiefs of Dunboy: Or an Irish Romance of the Last Century by James Anthony Froude (1889)
"He walks about in a blue silk pelisse, with a high-peaked cap, and a dagger in
his belt, ... peaked cap ..."
2. Catalogue of the Terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters (1903)
"Head of Youth, wearing peaked cap with a large stud in front; ... Head of Man,
with short beard, wearing peaked cap with thick brim and a vertical ridge up ..."
3. Motors and Motor-driving by Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe (1906)
"He then wears a distinctive dress, with which the peaked cap is associated, but,
so far as the roads are concerned, the peaked cap is only seen on the heads ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"peaked cap, plain olive drab or khaki, with bronze eagle badge. ... Universal pattern
full-dress peaked cap (stiff blue cloth, gold-edged band, ..."
5. Motors and Motor-driving by Alfred C[harles William] Harmsworth (1904)
"The consequence is that the peaked cap is becoming recognised as the proper
head-dress for a motor-servant. The motor owner, on the other hand, ..."
6. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1916)
"The peaked cap known under the name of tantur bears some resemblance to a tent
both in shape and in the open space within; like a tent it is a covering. ..."
7. The Doll Book by Laura B. Starr (1908)
"The peaked cap on her head is a badge of the women of that part of the country.
... The Hardanger girl only exchanges the peaked cap for a wondrous crown of ..."
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