ˈflat-cap
† 1. A round cap with a low, flat crown, worn in the 16–17th c. by London citizens. Obs.
| 1598 B. Jonson Ev. Man in Hum. ii. i, Mock me all over From my flat-cap, unto my shining shoes. 1615 J. Stephens Satyr. Ess. 292 With the same confidence that ignorant Painters make a broad face and a flat-cap to signifie King Harry the Eight. 1630 Dekker 2nd Pt. Honest Wh. i. Wks. 1873 II. 110 Flat caps as proper are to Citty Gownes As..to kings their Crownes. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. i. 11/2. 1891 C. Creighton Hist. Epidemics Brit. 483 The sight of a Londoner's flat-cap was dreadful to a lob. |
2. One who wears a flat-cap; esp. a London citizen or 'prentice.
| 1600 Heywood 1 Edw. IV, i. Wks. 1874 I. 18 Flat-caps thou call'st vs. We scorne not the name. 1631 Dekker Match Mee i. Wks. 1873 IV. 149 King. What's her Husband? Lad. A flatcap. 1719 D'Urfey Pills IV. 109 The Town of London, Where the Flat-caps call Men Cousins. 1822 Scott Nigel xv, The flatcaps of the city. 1922 Joyce Ulysses 391 He..hankered about the coffee-houses and low taverns with crimps, ostlers, bookies, Paul's men, runners, flatcaps, waistcoateers, [etc.]. |
3. A size of writing-paper, usually 14 × 17 inches.
| 1875 in Knight Dict. Mech. |