Crossword clues for forage cap
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forage \For"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr. forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G. futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray.]
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The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.
--Shak.One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine.
--Milton.Mawhood completed his forage unmolested.
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Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats.
--Dryden.Forage cap. See under Cap.
Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it.
--Farrow.
Cap \Cap\ (k[a^]p), n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[ae]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: ``Capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum.'' See 3d Cape, and cf. 1st Cope.]
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A covering for the head; esp.
One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys;
One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants;
One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
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The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
Thou art the cap of all the fools alive.
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A respectful uncovering of the head.
He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks.
--Fuller. (Zo["o]l.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
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Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as:
(Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.
Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
(Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
A percussion cap. See under Percussion.
(Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box.
(Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
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A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap. Cap of a cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry; -- now called an apron. Cap in hand, obsequiously; submissively. Cap of liberty. See Liberty cap, under Liberty. Cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried before the mayors of some cities. Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox. Cap paper.
A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap, and legal cap.
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A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold commodities.
Cap rock (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore, generally of barren vein material.
Flat cap, cap See Foolscap.
Forage cap, the cloth undress head covering of an officer of soldier.
Legal cap, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at the top or ``narrow edge.''
To set one's cap, to make a fool of one. (Obs.)
--Chaucer.To set one's cap for, to try to win the favor of a man with a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
Wiktionary
n. (non-gloss definition: A generic term for various military caps intended for field use.)
Wikipedia
Forage cap is the designation given to various types of military undress, fatigue or working headwear. These varied widely in form, according to country or period. The coloured peaked cap worn by the modern British Army for parade and other dress occasions is known as a forage cap.
Usage examples of "forage cap".
George at his buttonhole and a plain forage cap set straight on his head.
No one could look anything but shabby in trousers, tunic, and forage cap that had gone through the war, even if those clothes were cleaned and mended, as Mollie's were.
The flame from the barrel stabbed through the dazzling air, and with a short cry Wilson fell across the carbine, then rolled back clutching a bloodied elbow, his forage cap cuffed off his head by the discharge wave of the explosion.
Porta put Stalin into the pocket he had made on the outside of his greatcoat, and there he sat looking out over the edge, a red cat with a forage cap tied on its head.
I looked at this latest device, a hideous forage cap with long flaps,7 and said I was sure it must prove admirably serviceable, and have a very smart appearance, too.
Boyd stuffed his beret into a pocket of his camouflaged battle smock and pulled on the driver's grey forage cap.
He wore a forage cap slanted to his left eye and the two rows of medal ribbons above his left pocket made a bright splash of colour.
We passed a man in a dark-blue army overcoat, wearing a blue forage cap—.
We passed a one-armed middle-aged man, also wearing a blue forage cap.
Finally I struggled into the heavy German greatcoat and jammed the forage cap over the bandages that circled my head.
But none was uglier or looked readier for mischief than the governor of the place, a great, grey-bearded ox of a man in a dirty old uniform coat, baggy trousers, and gold-tasselled forage cap.
Their ground crews stood by with indulgent grins until they sobered a little and then Mac, the head mechanic, stepped forward and tipped his forage cap.
As to my dress, I covered my Hussar uniform with a long cloak, and I put a grey forage cap upon my head.