clockmutch
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Dutch klapmuts (“three-piece cap or bonnet, hat with ear-flaps, hooded seal”).
Noun[edit]
clockmutch (plural clockmutches)
- (New York, obsolete) A three-piece cap or bonnet worn by women, with a straight central piece reaching from the neck to the forehead and two side pieces reaching as far down as the chin.