mob cap
noun/ˈmɒb kæp/
/ˈmɑːb kæp/
- a light cotton cap covering all the hair, worn by women in the 18th and 19th centuriesWord Originmid 18th cent.: mob, variant of obsolete mab ‘slut’. The word mob was first used in the sense ‘prostitute’ (mid to late 17th cent.), later denoting a negligee (mid 17th cent. to mid 18th cent.).
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