Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A little bar.
- n. Same as biretta.
- n. A sort of ancient military cap or headpiece. Scott. Also called barret-cap.
- n. See barrat.
Wiktionary
- n. A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers.
- n. The flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; -- called also
barret cap . Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.
Etymologies
- French barrette, Late Latin barretum a cap. See berretta, and compare biretta. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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“Here was worn the "barret," of scarlet or white, the rich brown jacket and red sash of the peculiar costumes of the Basque and Bearnais peasants -- a fine race of men, and one, too, historically noble.”
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“Then I put my magnum in its holster, loaded my barret and started running in the opposite direction.”
“He wiped some dust off his shoulder and handed me my barret and my magnum, without even a scratch.”
“I foresaw that something bad was going to happen and tried to ignore the pain in my right arm as I picked up my barret.”
“I ignored him, put my barret away, sat down and held my wounded arm, whishing for this pain to go away.”
“His head was surmounted with a barret cap, while his hands, limbs, and feet were covered with garments of chamois leather, over which he in general wore the ponderous and complete armour of his country.”
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hats and headgear
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reesetee A wide, flat cap worn during the Middle Ages by priests. Nov 14, 2007