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forage cap

forage cap noun: any of various originally military caps intended for undress or working use.

Noun

forage cap (plural forage caps)

  1. Any of various originally military caps intended for undress or working use.
    • Changing his forage cap for a soft hat, and selecting a stick from a miscellaneous collection in a corner, he prepared to retrace his steps.1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 199
    • As to my dress, I covered my Hussar uniform with a long cloak, and I put a grey forage cap upon my head.1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Gerard, Chapter 4

Forms of forage cap

pluralforage caps

Questions about forage cap

What does forage cap mean?
Forage cap means any of various originally military caps intended for undress or working use.
What part of speech is forage cap?
Forage cap is a noun.
What is the plural of forage cap?
The plural of forage cap is forage caps.

Words near forage cap in the dictionary

  1. fora
  2. foracan
  3. foracans
  4. FORACS
  5. forage
  6. forage cap
  7. forage caps
  8. forage radish
  9. forage radishes
  10. forageable
  11. foraged

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