The Collaborative International Dictionary
cap of liberty
Phrygian cap \Phryg"i*an cap`\ A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been adopted in modern art as the so-called liberty cap, or cap of liberty.
Usage examples of "cap of liberty".
Among others, was Hogarth's print of Wilkes grinning, with the cap of liberty on a pole by him.
Terentius Culleo marched behind Scipio wearing the cap of liberty, and in all his after-life honoured as was meet the author of his freedom.
The decree of dismissal was not passed until the 12th of August, but after the 31St of July the municipality demanded it and during the following days several Jacobin grenadiers go to the National Assembly, trample on their bearskin hats and put on the red cap of liberty.