liripipe

/ˈlɪrɪpaɪp/
noun
  1. A long tail or tippet attached to a hood or cap, especially as part of academic or medieval dress.
    • In medieval paintings, scholars are often shown wearing hoods with a liripipe.
    • The costume included a velvet cap with a long liripipe that reached his waist.
    • The professor's gown had a liripipe hanging down the back.
  2. A hood or cap with such a tail, worn especially by academics or in historical costumes.
    • The graduate wore a traditional liripipe during the ceremony.
    • For the Renaissance fair, he bought a liripipe made of wool.
    • The old portrait showed a doctor of divinity in a black liripipe.
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