(definition) by Webster 1913 Sat Jan 21 2006 at 16:43:23

Phryg"i*an cap` (?).

A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been adopted in modern art as the so-called liberty cap, or cap of liberty.

 

© Webster 1913

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