Crossword clues for busby
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Busby \Bus"by\ (b[u^]z"b[y^]), n.; pl. Busbies (b[i^]z). (Mil.) A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder. [1913 Webster] ||
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"fur hat worn by hussars on parade," 1807, earlier "a kind of bushy, tall wig" (1764), of unknown origin, though it is both a place name and a surname in England. Related: Busbied.
Wiktionary
n. A fur hat, usually with a plume in the front, worn by certain members of the military or brass bands.
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Wikipedia
Busby is the English name for the Hungarian prémes csákó ("fur shako") or kucsma, a military head-dress made of fur, originally worn by Hungarian hussars. In its original Hungarian form the busby was a cylindrical fur cap, having a bag of coloured cloth hanging from the top. The end of this bag was attached to the right shoulder as a defense against sabre cuts. In Great Britain busbies are of two kinds: (a) the hussar busby, cylindrical in shape, with a bag; this is worn by hussars and the Royal Horse Artillery; (b) the rifle busby, a folding cap of astrakhan (curly lambswool) formerly worn by rifle regiments, in shape somewhat resembling a Glengarry but taller. Both have straight plumes in the front of the headdress.
The popularity of this military headdress in its hussar form reached a height in the years immediately before World War I (1914–18). It was widely worn in the British (hussars, yeomanry, and horse artillery), German (hussars), Russian (hussars), Dutch (cavalry and artillery), Belgian (Guides and field artillery), Bulgarian (Life Guards), Romanian (cavalry), Austro-Hungarian (Hungarian generals) Serbian (Royal Guards), Spanish (hussars) and Italian (light cavalry) armies.
Possibly the name's original sense of a "busby wig" came from association with Dr Richard Busby, headmaster of Westminster School in the late seventeenth century; the later phrase buzz wig may have been derived from busby. An alternative explanation is that the British hussar cap of the early 19th century was named after the hatter who supplied the officer's version—W. Busby of the Strand London. The modern British busby is worn with full dress by the Waterloo Band of The Rifles, the Royal Horse Artillery and ceremonial detachments at regimental expense. In its hussar version it is now made of black nylon fur, although Bandmasters still retain the original animal fur.
The busby should not be mistaken for the much taller bearskin cap, worn most notably by the five regiments of Foot Guards of the Household Division (Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards). Around 1900 the word "busby" was used colloquially to denote the tall bear and racoonskin "caps" worn by foot guards and fusiliers and the feather bonnets of Highland infantry. This usage is now obsolete.
A busby is a kind of military headdress, made of fur, derived from that traditionally worn by Hussars.
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Usage examples of "busby".
She had always been a willful child and Busby had not been too surprised the day Laura announced her intentions of moving to Santa Fe to look for work.
As far as he knew, Grandpa Busby had only left the reservation on very few occasions throughout his seventy-five years.
Kenny, but he knew it would do no good to question Busby further at the moment.
Laura could almost hear Grandpa Busby scolding her for eating such garbage for breakfast.
Riddled with guilt, Busby could not even find it in him to look at his granddaughter.
Helping Busby to his feet, Laura motioned to him that he should follow her.
Grandpa Busby, Kenny, and his new wife Yvette stood in the doorway of the cabin.
Lieutenant Busby, tried to question him in the kitchen of the farm house inside the fence, but he saw very quickly that the prisoner was in no shape to be questioned.
While the enlisted survivors were being released, the only officers still free were such as Lieutenant Busby, those who had been on detached duty when the attack came.
He would have looked up Lieutenant Busby at once but decided that it would not do to disturb the officer so late at night.
He decided that Busby would not be interested in the details of his ranch school education.
He did not stay long with Busby but was transferred to a company of gondola infantry operating between CuiCui and New London.
Max Busby was carrying a lot of the material in his memory and Max never came back.
It was at this time that the Russians spontaneously offered to return to the West the remains of Max Busby, an American shot while crossing the Wall in 1978, Some inferred that it was part of a secret deal.
From what Commander Busby says about their surveillance assets in the area, I figure that gives us the best chance of getting in undetected.