clockmutch
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch klapmuts (“three-piece cap or bonnet, hat with ear-flaps, hooded seal”).
Noun
[edit]clockmutch (plural clockmutches)
- (New York, obsolete) A three-piece cap or bonnet worn by women, with a straight central piece reaching from the neck to the forehead and two side pieces reaching as far down as the chin.