dunsel cap

English

A man wearing a dunsel cap on a cold day

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌnsəl kap/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌnsəl kæp/
• Hyphenation: dun‧sel cap

Noun

dunsel cap (plural dunsel caps)

1. (nautical) A knitted cap.
   • 1975 December 18, The Cincinnati Enquirer:

     "[The suspect was] described as black, 17-20 years old and wearing a dunsel cap and black plaid jacket..."

   • 1978 July 16, The Kokomo Tribune:

     "McLaughlin said the suspect was wearing a yellow tank top shirt and possibly glasses and a dunsel cap, which is similar to a ski cap with a tassel."

   • 2011, Joani Lacy, Hollister House: The Banyan Tree Awakens, page 83:

     "Her long white hair was stuffed haphazardly into a dunsel cap..."

   • 2013, Thomas Berger, Reinhart in Love: A Novel (Open Road Media), pages not numbered:

     "In the school yard he saw his grammar-school self in dunsel cap and leather boots..."

Synonyms

• knit cap
• watch cap

See also

• knit cap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• spunlaced, unclasped, unscalped