barret

American  

[bar-it] / ˈbær ɪt /

noun

1. a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.

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barret British  

/ ˈbærɪt /

noun

1. a small flat cap resembling a biretta

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Etymology

Origin of barret

1820–30; < French barrette, Middle French < dialectal Italian barretta ( Italian berretta ) biretta

Example Sentences

If they wore the turban, or barret, they could scarcely be distinguished from the Moors in dress, but in lieu thereof they wear the sombrero or broad slouching hat of Spain. 

From Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society by Darlow, Thomas Herbert

But, whilst his coat and trousers were of the fashion of the present day, his collar, his cloak, and his barret cap belonged to the latter part of the sixteenth century.

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm

A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; Ð called also barret cap.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

But far down the road the blue one turns round once more toward the balcony, and raising his barret calls: "No, you are happy!"

From Mogens and Other Stories by Grabow, Anna

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.

From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Scott, Walter, Sir