mob cap

English

Alternative forms

• mobcap
• mob-cap

Etymology

From mob (“promiscuous woman”) + cap (“hat”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɒb kap/

Noun

mob cap (plural mob caps)

1. (chiefly historical) A plain cap or headdress for women or girls, especially one tied under the chin by a very broad band.
   • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York 2007, p. 161:

     She was dressed entirely in flowing black cerements and wore a little lacy mob-cap on a mass of dead-looking yellowish white hair; her features were still beautiful, but her face was completely covered with mauve face-powder.