mobcap
/ˈmɑbˌkæp/
noun
- A large, soft cap covering most of the hair, worn by women in the 18th and 19th centuries, especially indoors.
- In the historical drama, the maid wore a white mobcap while serving tea.
- The museum displayed a mobcap worn by a colonial woman.
- She sewed a mobcap for her costume for the pioneer reenactment.
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