glengarry

American  

[glen-gar-ee] / glɛnˈgær i /

noun

glengarries plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• glengarries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of glengarry

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

Example Sentences

Now, however, the hank was too complicated to give way to a twitch, for the glengarry held hard on to the heather.

From The Eagle Cliff 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

"Who have we here at all?" he said, trying to tip up the glengarry.

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

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