bycoket

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noun

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.

OriginFrench bicoquet →
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Meanings

nounbycoket (plural bycokets)

plural bycokets

  1. historicalA 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.

Origin

  1. Frenchbicoquet
  2. Englishbycoket

From French bicoquet, ultimately from bi- (“double”) + coque (“shell”).

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Translations

French bicoquet
  • bicoquettype of ancient cap or headdress
Latin abacot
  • abacottype of ancient cap or headdress
Portuguese abacote
  • abacotetype of ancient cap or headdress

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bockety
Cite this entry
APA

bycoket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bycoket

MLA

“bycoket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bycoket. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bycoket,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bycoket.

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