English

A man wearing a dunsel cap on a cold day

Noun

dunsel cap ‎(plural dunsel caps)

1. (nautical) A knitted cap.
   • 1975, The Cincinnati Enquirer, December 18, 1975:

     "[The suspect was] described as black, 17-20 years old and wearing a dunsel cap and black plaid jacket..."

   • 1978, The Kokomo Tribune, July 16, 1978:

     "McLaughlin said the suspect was wearing a yellow tank top shirt and possibly glasses and a dunsel cap, which is similar to a ski cap with a tassel."

   • 2011, Joani Lacy, Hollister House: The Banyan Tree Awakens, page 83:

     "Her long white hair was stuffed haphazardly into a dunsel cap..."

   • 2013, Thomas Berger, Reinhart in Love: A Novel (Open Road Media), pages not numbered:

     "In the school yard he saw his grammar-school self in dunsel cap and leather boots..."

Synonyms

• knit cap
• watch cap

See also

• knit cap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia