hood-capn.
/ˈhʊdkap/ 1. A close cap or bonnet covering the sides of the face, worn by women in the early part of the 16th cent.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > cap > types of > close-fitting > other
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1842 A. Strickland Lives Queens of England IV. 116 The oil painting [of Katherine of Arragon] at Versailles... The hood cap of five corners is bordered with rich gems.
2. The hooded or bladder-nosed seal, Cystophora cristata; so called from having a piece of loose skin over its head, which it inflates when menaced.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > genus Cystophora (hooded seal)
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1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
3. Photography. (See quot. 1892.)
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1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 41 Should the hood cap get lost, by unscrewing the hood the other cap comes in handy for exposing, as it fits the mount.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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