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forage cap en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Any of various originally military caps intended for undress or working use.
   • Rather should it be said that these ladies wore dress of military style, since there was nothing uniform about their outfits, one being in powder-blue with silver buttons and a forage-cap, the other in tan with gold buttons and the dinkiest of red-peaked kepis. 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 88:
   • 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:
   • [C]arpenters and scene painters, in their blouses and forage caps, moved about taking instructions, actors stood gossiping and going through their cues. 1994, Claire Tomalin, Mrs Jordan's Profession, Penguin, published 2012, page 45:
   • 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:

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Translations (10)

fi sotilaslakki (a military cap intended for field use) · bg фуражка (a military cap intended for field use) · ru фура́жка (a military cap intended for field use) · it bustina (a military cap intended for field use) · izh furažka (a military cap intended for field use) · mk фу́рашка (a military cap intended for field use) · mk во́јничка ка́па (a military cap intended for field use) · de Lagermütze (a military cap intended for field use) · ru пило́тка (a military cap intended for field use) · ca gorra casernària (a military cap intended for field use)