liberty cap
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Noun (1)
- close-fitting conical cap worn as a symbol of liberty during the French Revolution and in the U.S. before 1800Type of cap
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Liberty cap
. (a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his manumission. (b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of representations of the goddess of liberty is often decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a liberty pole.
From the entry Liberty.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54