forage cap

English

Noun

forage cap (plural forage caps)

1. Any of various originally military caps intended for undress or working use.
   • 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 199:

     Changing his forage cap for a soft hat, and selecting a stick from a miscellaneous collection in a corner, he prepared to retrace his steps.

   • 1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Gerard‎^[1], Chapter 4:

     As to my dress, I covered my Hussar uniform with a long cloak, and I put a grey forage cap upon my head.

   • 1994, Claire Tomalin, Mrs Jordan's Profession, Penguin, published 2012, page 45:

     [C]arpenters and scene painters, in their blouses and forage caps, moved about taking instructions, actors stood gossiping and going through their cues.

Translations

a military cap intended for field use

• Bulgarian: фуражка (bg) f (furažka)
• Catalan: gorra casernària f
• Finnish: sotilaslakki
• German: Lagermütze f
• Ingrian: furažka
• Italian: bustina (it) f
• Macedonian: (peaked cap) фу́рашка f (fúraška), (military cap) во́јничка ка́па f (vójnička kápa)
• Russian: (garrison cap, side cap) пило́тка (ru) f (pilótka), (peaked cap) фура́жка (ru) f (furážka)