Etymology

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Today it means: A three-piece cap or bonnet worn by women, with a straight central piece reaching from the neck to the forehead and two side pieces reaching as far down as the chin. Full definition →

Dutch klapmuts
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The story

  1. Dutch · borrowed fromklapmuts“three-piece cap or bonnet, hat with ear-flaps, hooded seal”
  2. English todayclockmutch

Borrowed from Dutch klapmuts (“three-piece cap or bonnet, hat with ear-flaps, hooded seal”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.