Cap
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A cap is a form of headgear. Caps have crowns that fit very close to the head and have no brim or only a visor. They are typically designed for warmth and, when including a visor, blocking sunlight from the eyes. They come in many shapes and sizes.
Types of caps
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- Ascot cap
- Ayam
- Baggy green
- Balmoral
- Baseball cap
- Beanie (North America)
- Bearskin
- Beret
- Biretta
- Busby
- Cap and bells
- Cap of Maintenance
- Casquette
- Caubeen
- Caul
- Coif
- Combination cap (also known as a service cap)
- Coppola
- Cricket cap
- Deerstalker
- Do-rag
- Dutch cap
- Fez
- Fitted cap
- Flat cap (also known as a Paddy cap, longshoreman's cap, scally cap, Wigens cap, ivy cap, golf cap, duffer cap, driving cap, bicycle cap, Jeff cap, or in Scotland, bunnet, or in Wales, Dai cap, or in England or New Zealand cheese-cutter)
- Forage cap
- Gandhi cap
- Garrison cap
- Glengarry
- Greek fisherman's cap (also known as a Breton cap or a fiddler's cap)
- International cap
- Juliet cap
- Karakul
- Kepi
- Kippah (also known as yarmulke)
- Knit cap (also known as a Tuque, stocking cap, wool cap, watch cap, ski cap, bobble hat)
- Kufi (also known as a kofia; an African cap worn with a dashiki)
- M43 field cap
- Mao cap
- Monmouth cap
- Newsboy cap
- Nightcap
- Nurse cap
- Ochipok
- Papakhi
- Patrol cap
- Peaked cap
- Phrygian cap
- Rastacap
- Sailor cap
- Shako
- Shower cap
- Sindhi cap
- Square academic cap
- Stormy Kromer cap
- Swim cap
- Tam o' Shanter
- Taqiyah, worn by Muslim males
- Toque
- Trucker hat
- Tubeteika
- Ushanka
- Utility cover
- Zucchetto
See also
- Bonnet, until about 1700, the usual word for brimless male headgear
- Cap (sport), metaphorical term
- List of headgear