glengarry

American  

[glen-gar-ee] / glɛnˈgær i /

noun

plural

glengarries

1. a Scottish cap with straight sides, a crease along the top, and sometimes short ribbon streamers at the back, worn by Highlanders as part of military dress.

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glengarry British  

/ ɡlɛnˈɡærɪ /

noun

1. Also called: glengarry bonnet.  a brimless Scottish woollen cap with a crease down the crown, often with ribbons dangling at the back

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Etymology

Origin of glengarry

First recorded in 1835–45; after Glengarry, a valley in Invernesshire, Scotland

Example Sentences

I knew the scoundrels instantly by their dress, and not less easily did I recognise a countryman in the grey tweed shooting coat, glengarry cap, and knickerbockers of the other.

From In the Track of the Troops by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

With a horrible sickness at heart I recognized amongst other emblems a glengarry with a silver badge and a British steel helmet with a gaping hole through the crown.

From The Man with the Clubfoot by Williams, Valentine

M'Slattery led the whole Battalion, his glengarry high in the air.

From The First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian

Among the rest was a young fellow in oil-skins and a glengarry, which, being several sizes too big for him, fell low over his forehead and almost covered his eyes.

From She's All the World to Me by Caine, Hall, Sir

The very sight of a newcomer in a speckless suit, with an irreproachable tie and both tails on his glengarry bonnet, excited a profound emotion in the school and carried it beyond self-control.

From Young Barbarians by Maclaren, Ian