(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:03:22

Bar"ret (?), n. [F. barrette, LL. barretum a cap. See Berretta, and cf. Biretta.]

A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; -- called also barret cap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics.

 

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