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noun
- a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
noun
- a round close-fitting brimless cap of soft wool material or felt
also berret, 1827, from French béret, 19c., from dialect of Béarn, from Old Gascon berret “cap,” from Medieval Latin birretum, diminutive of Late Latin birrus “a large hooded cloak,” perhaps of Gaulish origin. The round, flat cap originally was worn by Basque peasants.