barret

American  

[bar-it] / ˈbær ɪt /

noun

1. a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.

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barret British  

/ ˈbærɪt /

noun

1. a small flat cap resembling a biretta

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Etymology

Origin of barret

1820–30; < French barrette, Middle French < dialectal Italian barretta ( Italian berretta ) biretta

Example Sentences

He wore a rich and beautiful doublet, trimmed with sable, white galligaskins, and slashed shoes; on his head was a satin barret cap with a red feather.

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm

He was the first in painting on wood to cover the surface with canvas; barret, a cloak.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

But far down the road the blue one turns round once more toward the balcony, and raising his barret calls: "No, you are happy!"

From Mogens and Other Stories by Grabow, Anna

But, whilst his coat and trousers were of the fashion of the present day, his collar, his cloak, and his barret cap belonged to the latter part of the sixteenth century.

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm

If they wore the turban, or barret, they could scarcely be distinguished from the Moors in dress, but in lieu thereof they wear the sombrero or broad slouching hat of Spain. 

From Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society by Darlow, Thomas Herbert