berretta
Britishnoun
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The infusion of mischief was getting stronger, and putting his hand to one of the jewelled pins that fastened her braids to the berretta, he drew it out.
From Romola by Eliot, George
The berretta was formerly presented to him in St. Patrick's Cathedral, April 22, 1875.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 by Various
He bore his highly respectable name upon the frontal band of his "berretta" alias "corôa," an open-worked affair, very like the old-fashioned jelly-bag night cap.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
And, according to antique usage, it was here that the /berretta/, the red cap, was placed, on a credence, below a large crucifix of ivory and ebony.
From The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1 by Zola, Émile
A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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