clockmutch
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Dutch klapmuts (“three-piece cap or bonnet, hat with ear-flaps, hooded seal”).
Noun
editclockmutch (plural clockmutches)
- (New York, obsolete) A three-piece cap or bonnet worn by women, with a straight central piece reaching from the neck to the forehead and two side pieces reaching as far down as the chin.