clockmutch

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noun

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.

OriginDutch klapmuts →
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Meanings

nounclockmutch (plural clockmutches)

plural clockmutches

  1. New YorkobsoleteA 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.

Origin

  1. Dutchklapmuts“three-piece cap or bonnet, hat with ear-flaps, hooded seal”
  2. Englishclockmutch

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

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APA

clockmutch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clockmutch

MLA

“clockmutch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clockmutch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clockmutch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clockmutch.

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