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caubeen

caubeen

English

A British army caubeen with a cap badge and green hackle

Noun

caubeen ‎(plural caubeens)

(fashion) An Irish beret, formerly worn by peasants, later also adopted for army use.
- 1850, Le Fanu, Billy Maloney's Taste of Love and Glory
  [...] a bare-legged Celtic brother of the gentle craft, somewhat at the wrong side of forty, with a turf-coloured caubeen, patched frieze, a clear brown complexion, dark-grey eyes, and a right pleasant dash of roguery in his features [...]