Priestcap
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A skullcap.
"At one point where the path ran close to Westring-park proper, the park on higher ground, a grass-bank seven feet high dividing them, he was a-top of the bank in caftan, priest-cap, and phylacteries, taking snuff—Baruch Frankl"
- 2 A form of redan in fortifications; a swallowtail.
"One led from Dryea's Battery toward the Priestcap and by various windings to within about twenty yards of the parapet."
Example
More examples"At one point where the path ran close to Westring-park proper, the park on higher ground, a grass-bank seven feet high dividing them, he was a-top of the bank in caftan, priest-cap, and phylacteries, taking snuff—Baruch Frankl"
Etymology
From priest + cap, from its shape.
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