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mob·cap
(mŏb′kăp′)n.
A large high frilly cap with a full crown, worn indoors by women in the 1700s and early 1800s.
[Probably mob, mobcap (possibly from Dutch mopmuts, cap : obsolete Dutch mop-, to cover up + muts, cap) + cap.]
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mobcap
(ˈmɒbˌkæp)n
(Clothing & Fashion) a woman's large cotton cap with a pouched crown and usually a frill, worn esp during the 18th century. Often shortened to: mob
[C18: from obsolete mob woman, esp a loose-living woman, + cap]
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mob•cap
(ˈmɒbˌkæp)n.
a soft cloth cap with a full crown and a ruffled edge, formerly worn indoors by women.
[1785–95; perhaps mob slattern (itself perhaps variant of Mab for Mabel) + cap1]
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| Noun | 1. |  mobcap - large high frilly cap with a full crown; formerly worn indoors by womencap - a tight-fitting headdress |
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mobcap
n (Hist) → (Spitzen)haube f
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