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noun 
  1. (old-fashioned:) a piece of cloth used to cover the head
    • 1823: Clement Clark Moore, The Night Before Christmas - And mamma in her , and I in my cap, / Had just settled down for a long winter's nap...
Etymology: Middle English from Old French couvrechief (couvre 'cover', chief 'head')

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