Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
forage cap ExamplesWord Origin noun Military.
- (formerly) a small, low, undress cap.
Origin of forage cap First recorded in 1820–30 Examples from the Web for forage cap Historical Examples of forage cap
Smoke filled the room; when it cleared away, the forage-cap was taken down.
M. Y. Lermontov
She scanned me from the forage-cap on my crown to the spur upon my heel.
Mayne Reid
He took off his forage-cap and looked disgustedly at it a moment.
Charles King
He seized his forage-cap and stepped out with me into the starlit night.
Charles King
The head-dress was a busby with blue bag; the forage-cap was blue trimmed with white.
Charles Mackie
British Dictionary definitions for forage cap forage cap noun
- a soldier’s undress cap