Cap
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This article is about the headgear. For other uses, see CAP.
A cap is a form of headgear. Caps have crowns that fit closer than hats and have no brim or only a visor. They are typically designed for warmth and, when including a visor, blocking sunlight from the eyes.
[edit] Types of caps
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Rendering of a baseball cap.
- Ascot cap
- Baseball cap
- Beanie
- Beret
- Biretta
- Cap of Maintenance
- Civil War cap (also known as rebel cap)
- Coif
- Combination cap (also known as service cap)
- cricket cap
- Do-rag
- Dutch cap
- Engineer cap
- Fiddler cap (also known as Dutch Boy)
- Flat cap
- Garrison cap
- Greek fisherman's cap
- International cap
- John Lennon cap
- Kepi
- Kippah (also known as yarmulke)
- Newsboy cap
- Nightcap
- Patrol cap
- Shako
- Square academic cap
- Tam
- Tam o'shanter
- Tubeteika
- Tuque or Stocking cap
- Welder's cap
- Yachting cap
- Zucchetto
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- My Kingdom for a Crown: An Around-the-World History of the Skullcap and its Modern Socio-Political Significance, by Reverend Antonio Hernandez (pdf) -- a thorough history of the skullcap, with chapters on the yarmulke and the beanie among others.de:Mütze
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