half cap

English

Noun

half cap (plural half caps)

1. (archaic) A small salute with a cap
   • c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     After distasteful looks, and these hard fractions,
     With certain half-caps and cold-moving nods, They froze me into silence.