A flat or moderately rounded cap or hat worn in medieval times, similar to a modern beret.
From Old French 'baret,' of uncertain ultimate origin but possibly related to Medieval Latin 'barettum'; the word traveled through Romance languages and was adopted into English.
The baret is the ancestor of the modern beret, but 'baret' itself is mostly used by historians now—it's a perfect example of how even simple objects get their names lost to history when they go out of fashion.
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