monmouth cap
Preserved but no longer current.
A soldier's cap. The soldiers that the Monmouth wear, On castles' tops their ensigns rear. The best caps were formerly made at Monmouth, where the cappers' chapel doth still remain. — FULLER: Worthies of Wales, p. 50.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “monmouth cap” mean?
A soldier's cap. The soldiers that the Monmouth wear, On castles' tops their ensigns rear. The best caps were formerly made at Monmouth, where the cappers' chapel doth still remain. — FULLER: Worthies of Wales, p. 50.
Is “monmouth cap” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.