yachting cap
- noun
- /ˈjɑːtɪŋ kæp/
:
gorro de yate
- During the sailing competition, many participants sported a classic yachting cap to shield their eyes from the sun.
Examples
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One was dressed like an admiral, with a yachting cap; the other like Sherlock Holmes, with a deerstalker.
Fiction book (1993) -
He wore a stylish yachting cap while steering the boat along the coast.
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She chose a colorful yachting cap to match her nautical-themed outfit for the regatta.
Synonyms
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1.0
A soft hat that fits the head, often with a small brim
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4.2
A hat with a flat round top and a stiff front that sticks out, worn by police or army
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9.9
A cap with a flat top and a short front brim worn with some military uniforms
A flat round hat with a visor that people wear with a military or official uniform
A flat round cap with a small or no brim worn by people who work on ships
How Nautical
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'yachting cap' is a straightforward noun–noun construction where 'yachting' specifies the activity and 'cap' names the headwear, so the meaning 'a cap for yachting/sailing' is directly inferable from the parts. This type-of/use relationship is common cross-linguistically (e.g. 'baseball cap', 'sailing cap'), so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Yachting cap comes from the simple cap sailors and people on yachts used to wear while on a boat. They had a flat top and a short visor to keep the sun out of the eyes, so today yachting cap means 'a cap with a flat top and a visor worn for yachting'.