The story
- French · borrowed frombicoquet
- English todaybycoket
From French bicoquet, ultimately from bi- (“double”) + coque (“shell”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bycoket
Today it means: A type of medieval cap with a wide brim that comes to a point in the front and is turned up at the rear, originally worn by Western European nobility and royalty. Full definition →
French bicoquet