flat cap

British  

noun

1. another name for cloth cap

2. an Elizabethan man's hat with a narrow down-turned brim

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Example Sentences

But only four others — Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon and Utah — use a flat cap like Washington.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2023

He wore a flat cap, a softball-style long-sleeved shirt emblazoned with the Aztec calendar on his chest and a tattoo on his right forearm that read, “Let’s Get Free.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022

It was a distinctly lo-fi production: Her father’s costume for the role of Papageno was “a flat cap and some pan pipes on a string around his neck,” Miskimmon said.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2022

He looks quite dapper, too, with a flat cap atop his noggin.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2021

He stuffs his tzitzit into his waistband, puts his curls under his flat cap and tucks his bearded chin into his coat collar.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper