barret
barret noun: a kind of fitted cap worn by medieval soldiers.
Noun
barret (plural barrets)
- A kind of fitted cap worn by medieval soldiers.
- 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 ponderoous and complete armour of his country.1832, Walter Scott, Count Robert of Paris, page 206
- For arms they wore upon the head a barret cap of steel net-work, instead of a casque; and their weapons were a sword and pike, a little shorter than what is this day used by the companies of arquebusiers; in addition to which many of them carried three or four darts for casting with the hand.1845, Roger de Flor (fict.name.), The fortunes of Roger de Flor: or, The Almugavars, page 27
- A floppy beret-like cap worn by musketeers.
- the maxillary muscles enormously developed, an infallible sign by which a Gascon may always be detected, even without his barret-cap — and our young man wore a barret-cap, set off with a sort of feather; the eye open and intelligent; the nose hooked, but finely chiselled.1878, Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers, page 1
- The Volunteer Jäger Detachments wore the Musketeer's uniform, often with a 'Barret' . This beret was a large floppy field cap, coloured black.1972, David Nash, The Prussian Army, 1808-1815, page 85
- The flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics; a biretta.
- The priestly leader wears the chasuble and stole, and often the pluvial besides; his head is covered with a barret.1889, John McClintock, James Strong, Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, page 613
- The "cap of maintenance" or "cap of estate," still borne before the British sovereign on state occasions, is a barret-cap of the type of the 14th and 15th centuries; it is of crimson velvet, turned up with ermine.1910, The Encyclopaedia Britannica, page 980
Proper noun capitalized: Barret
Barret (plural Barrets)
- A surname.
- A male given name from French.
- Ms. Murati sat down with Mr. Schoenholz and two other founders, Barret Zoph and Luke Metz.2026 January 22, Cade Metz, Kalley Huang, Mike Isaac, “The A.I. Start-Up Soap Opera Riveting Silicon Valley”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
barret meaning in Tamil
barret in Tamil
- தட்டைத் தொப்பி
Forms of barret
| Noun | |
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| plural | barrets |
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| plural | Barrets |
Origin of barret
From French barrette, Late Latin barretum (“a cap”), from birrus (“hooded cape”). See berretta, and compare biretta.
Spelling variant of Barrett
Questions about barret
- What does barret mean?
- Barret means a kind of fitted cap worn by medieval soldiers.
- What is barret in Tamil?
- Barret in Tamil is தட்டைத் தொப்பி. See Barret meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is barret?
- Barret can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of barret?
- The plural of barret is barrets.
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