watch cap

noun

U.S. Navy. a dark-blue, knitted woolen cap with a turned-up cuff worn by enlisted personnel on duty in cold weather.
any wool or woollike cap resembling this and sold commercially in various colors.

watch cap

First recorded in 1885–90

Said my husband had been afforded a f&f discount on a watch cap.

He turned on his light, and quickly gathered together his hockey sweater, his watch-cap, and an old pair of trousers.

Petty officers and unrated enlisted men wear the sailor shirt and either the flat hat or the watch cap.

"He's a deader," said one of the men, pulling off his watch-cap.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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