mutches

Noun

mutch (plural mutches)

1. (Scotland, archaic) A nightcap (hat worn to bed).
2. A linen or muslin hat, especially one of a type once commonly worn by elderly women and young children.
   • But of all the congregation, none enjoyed the singing more than the dear old women who sat in the front seats near the pulpit, their quiet old faces looking so sweet and pure under their snow-white “mutches.”1901, Ralph Connor, The Man From Glengarry, Echo Library, published 2007, page 66

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