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

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glengarry glengarries

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)

They came to the pavement to play marbles, and then Tommy noticed that one of them wore what was probably a glengarry bonnet.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

As he was all boy in his games, he would never cherish anything but a boy-doll, generally a Highlander, in kilts and with a glengarry, that came off!

From A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs by Hutton, Laurence

Upon the lid lie a very dingy glengarry, a stained leather belt, and a bayonet.

From The First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian

Observing this as he shuffled back to his seat, Kisseck reached over and struck at the glengarry, which tumbled on the floor, and revealed a comely face and a rich mass of auburn hair.

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

Beside the glengarries there are countless flat caps—line regiments, territorials, gunners, and sappers.

From The First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian

Nothing but a great parterre of glengarries, perched upon the mud in long parallel rows, each glengarry flanked on the left-hand side by the muzzle of a rifle at the slope.

From The First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian