stocking cap
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈstɑkɪŋ kæp/
- US
:
gorro de lana
- As the winter chill set in, he pulled on his stocking cap to keep warm.
- wearing a stocking cap
- wool stocking cap
- blue stocking cap
You know, Aunt Honey would typically have something that she had knitted for us, like a a, you know, a scarf or a stocking cap, a tulk, right?
- You know, Aunt Honey would typically have something that she had knitted for us, like a a, you know, a scarf or a stocking cap, a tulk, right?
Examples
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I dressed quickly, putting on my jeans, jacket, and stocking cap.
Fiction book (2001) -
Rushed into the bathroom and pulled off my stocking cap.
Fiction book (1993) -
- Yes, I left my stocking cap.
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The guy in the black jacket, in the stocking cap.
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I'll have him until he flees into the night, his head covered by a stocking cap pulled low.
Fiction book (1999) -
Jellie took off her stocking cap and laid her coat over the back of a chair.
Fiction book (1993) -
His trademark is a knitted stocking cap all the time.
Blog text (28) -
The smarter convicts wore stocking caps, going into and coming out of the chow hall.
Fiction book (1994) -
A small crowd gathered, dressed in the mufflers, stocking caps, and goose-down parkas of New England.
Fiction book (1999) -
Miss Macie leans out the second-floor window with a cigarette in hand, puffing irritably, a stocking cap on her head.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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1.3
A close-fitting wool hat that keeps the head and ears warm
1
4.5
A close-fitting knitted hat worn in cold weather, often by sailors
A close-fitting knitted hat with a hanging tail or pom-pom that you wear in cold weather
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'cap' denotes a head covering and 'stocking' evokes knitted, close-fitting hosiery, so a 'stocking cap' is naturally interpreted as a cap made like a stocking (a close-fitting knitted cap). This simple modifier + noun pattern is predictable and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Stocking cap comes from a simple image: an old stocking, a long sock, pulled up over the head to make a tight hat. Because the hat looked like a long sock, people began to call that close-fitting knitted hat a stocking cap, so today it means a 'close-fitting knitted hat'.