barret

[In Fr. barrette; Prov. barret a, berret a, birret; Sp. birreta, birrete; Ital. berretta; Low Lat. barretum, birretum, dim in. of Lat. birr us a woollen overcoat used to keep off rain.] [BIRETTA.) A cap formerly worn by soldiers. barret-cap, barret cap. The same as BARRET (q. v.). "Old England's sign, St. George's cro , His barret- cap did grace." Scott: Lay of the Last Minstrel, iii. 16. A kind of plain silk.