A round, flat-topped cap or hat, similar to a beret, worn especially in medieval and Renaissance times.
From French beret, which may come from Basque txapela or from Latin birrus meaning a hood. The word entered English through Norman French after 1066. Various European languages borrowed and modified the form.
The beret became permanently associated with Basque and French culture, but in medieval times it was worn across Europe by soldiers, clergy, and common people—it was the baseball cap of the 1400s!
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