mobcap

[ mob-kap ]

noun

1. a soft cloth cap with a full crown, fitting down over the ears and frequently tying beneath the chin, formerly worn indoors by women.

mobcap

/ ˈmɒbˌkæp /

noun

1. a woman's large cotton cap with a pouched crown and usually a frill, worn esp during the 18th century Often shortened tomob

Word History and Origins

Origin of mobcap¹

1785–95; perhaps mob slattern (itself perhaps variant of Mab for Mabel ) + cap ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of mobcap¹

C18: from obsolete mob woman, esp a loose-living woman, + cap

Example Sentences

He turned on his heel and stalked out through the kitchen, head held high, topped by a giant mobcap, in Victorian drag.

From New York Times

The central channel is the kitchen of a modest house, with the camera facing a heavy wooden table at which an older woman in a mobcap sits at the left, a thirtyish woman sits at the right, and a thirtyish man sits in the center, at the head of the table, though all three come and go in the course of the action.

From The New Yorker

The salad greens, when you put on coat and mobcap yourself and get close enough to peer into the trays, stand in orderly ranks by the thousands, whole vast armies of little watercresses, arugulas, and kales waiting to be harvested and sold.

From The New Yorker

"All be ready, mistress," she said in a slow voice, solemnly nodding her enormous mobcap while she spoke.

From Project Gutenberg

In her later years Mary is said to have worn a mobcap and kerchief.

From Project Gutenberg