dunsel cap

noun

dunsel cap

noun

UK /ˈdʌnsəl kap/ · US /ˈdʌnsəl kæp/

1

Nautical, Transport A knitted cap.

"[The suspect was] described as black, 17-20 years old and wearing a dunsel cap and black plaid jacket..."1975 December 18, The Cincinnati Enquirer:
"McLaughlin said the suspect was wearing a yellow tank top shirt and possibly glasses and a dunsel cap, which is similar to a ski cap with a tassel."1978 July 16, The Kokomo Tribune:

2 more examples

"Her long white hair was stuffed haphazardly into a dunsel cap..."2011, Joani Lacy, Hollister House: The Banyan Tree Awakens, page 83:
In the school yard he saw his grammar-school self in dunsel cap and leather boots...2013, Thomas Berger, Reinhart in Love: A Novel (Open Road Media), pages not numbered

Synonyms: knit cap, watch cap

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