PEAKED CAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peaked cap mean? 

• PEAKED CAP (noun)
  The noun PEAKED CAP has 1 sense:

1. a cap with a flat circular top and a visor

  Familiarity information: PEAKED CAP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEAKED CAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cap with a flat circular top and a visor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

kepi; peaked cap; service cap; yachting cap

Hypernyms ("peaked cap" is a kind of...):

cap (a tight-fitting headdress)

Meronyms (parts of "peaked cap"):

bill; eyeshade; peak; visor; vizor (a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes)

 Context examples 

A tall, stout official had come down the stone-flagged passage, in a peaked cap and frogged jacket.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)