[UNDER-1 5 a.] A cap worn under another; ? a night-cap.

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1531.  Rec. St. Mary at Hill, 43. Item, two olde Caps and two ondercaps, x d.

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1547.  in Feuillerat, Revels Edw. VI. (1914), 11. vij vnder Cappes or nyght Cappes to the same of Crymsin Satten.

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1651.  in Verney Mem. (1907), I. 480. 6 serge undercapps and 6 Browne callico under-capps.

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1825.  Jamieson, Suppl., Hoomet,… a child’s under cap.

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