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ˈhalf-cap †1. A half-courteous salute, shown by a slight movement only of the cap. Obs.
1607Shakes. Timon ii. ii. 221 With certaine halfe-caps, and cold mouing nods, They froze me into Silence. 2. A kind of lady's head-dress: see quot.
1893G. Hill Hist. Eng. Dress II. 243 What were called half-caps were worn in the early forties; they were circular head-dresses set well back from the front, and trimmed with bunches of ribbons and flowers at each side, over the ears. |