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Meaning of dowd cap | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A woman's nightcap.

obsolete

Examples

“[…] an old woman, whose grizzled locks had escaped from under her dowd cap […]”

“[…] her dowd cap was replaced by one of the finest muslin, quilled to the front, terminating in a peak, and starched to a formidable degree of stiffness.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Dowdall Dowdell Dowden Dowdeswell Dowdier Dowdies