earcap (erkap)

A cover for the ear against ear-cockle (ēr'kok"l), n. [ I shall dispute with a Greek about the articles of the faith which my elders taught me and his elders deny, as ear-confe ion, Tyndale , Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850), p. 133. Pardons, pilgrims, ear - confe ion , and other popish mat- ters. Bp . Bale , Select Works, p. 57.