mobcap

[ mob-kap ]

noun
  1. a soft cloth cap with a full crown, fitting down over the ears and frequently tying beneath the chin, formerly worn indoors by women.

Origin of mobcap

1
1785–95; perhaps mob slattern (itself perhaps variant of Mab for Mabel) + cap1

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How to use mobcap in a sentence

  • A slight figure in a light dress and mob cap appeared on the first wide landing.

    The Rake's Progress | Marjorie Bowen
  • A Mob-Cap was once upon a time a picturesque finish to a pretty face, and it was of home-manufacture.

  • Now go behind that screen and put on the sprigged cotton frock you will find there, with a muslin fichu and a mob cap.

    Olive in Italy | Moray Dalton
  • Or safe in a married state you might wear a mob-cap in to breakfast.

    Hints to Pilgrims | Charles Stephen Brooks
  • The Person was a handsome woman, attired negligently in what was called a sacque, with a mob-cap.

    Girlhood and Womanhood | Sarah Tytler

British Dictionary definitions for mobcap

mobcap

/ (ˈmɒbˌkæp) /


noun
  1. a woman's large cotton cap with a pouched crown and usually a frill, worn esp during the 18th century: Often shortened to: mob

Origin of mobcap

1
C18: from obsolete mob woman, esp a loose-living woman, + cap

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