dust cap

noun

Something worn to protect one from dust; a cover placed over something to keep off dust.

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Meanings

noundust cap (plural dust caps)

plural dust caps

  1. Something worn to protect one from dust; a cover placed over something to keep off dust.

    Ellen brought him one of her dust-caps, and went into contortions of mirth, which she found it impossible to control, when she saw him put it on before the mirror as grotesquely as he could.

    1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening
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APA

dust cap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust%20cap

MLA

“dust cap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust%20cap. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dust cap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust%20cap.

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