Caubeen

Origin

From , from cába

Lexico

, from cappa

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Full definition of caubeen

Noun

1. (fashion) An Irish beret, formerly worn by peasants, later also adopted for army use.
• 1850, Le Fanu, Billy Maloney's Taste of Love and Glory... a bare-legged Celtic brother of the gentle craft, somewhat at the wrong side of forty, with a turf-coloured caubeen, patched frieze, a clear brown complexion, dark-grey eyes, and a right pleasant dash of roguery in his features ...