forage cap

English

Noun

forage cap (plural forage caps)

  1. Any of various originally military caps intended for undress or working use.
    • 1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Gerard‎, Chapter 4:
      As to my dress, I covered my Hussar uniform with a long cloak, and I put a grey forage cap upon my head.
    • 1994, Claire Tomalin, Mrs Jordan's Profession, Penguin 2012, p. 45:
      [C]arpenters and scene painters, in their blouses and forage caps, moved about taking instructions, actors stood gossiping and going through their cues.

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