cap of maintenance

British  

noun

1. a ceremonial cap or hat worn or carried as a symbol of office, rank, etc

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cap of maintenance

Sir Grummore stood up respectfully and took off his cap of maintenance.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

He delighted in gold sticks, and was never so happy as when holding some cap of maintenance or spur of precedence with due dignity and acknowledged grace in the presence of all the Court.

From Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope

Then Lord Lansdowne with the crown, the Earl of Zetland, with the cap of maintenance, and the Duke off Wellington, with the sword of State.

From Letters from England by Elizabeth Davis Bancroft

Sir Nigel was still in his velvet dress of peace, with flat velvet cap of maintenance, and curling ostrich feather clasped in a golden brooch.

From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Round the cornice are noble enrichments of trophy work, sword, the king's arms, cap of maintenance, &c., at the angles, four very large dragons, the supporters of the city arms.

From An Historical Narrative of the Great and Terrible Fire of London, Sept. 2nd 1666 by Gideon Harvey

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