berretta
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A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
The royal helmet was then removed, and a handsome burnous was drawn over the king's shoulders, the hood covering the berretta in most grotesque guise.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
The infusion of mischief was getting stronger, and putting his hand to one of the jewelled pins that fastened her braids to the berretta, he drew it out.
From Romola by George Eliot
The stockings, gloves, skull cap and berretta are of scarlet.
From Rome by Hope Malleson
He bore his highly respectable name upon the frontal band of his "berretta" alias "corôa," an open-worked affair, very like the old-fashioned jelly-bag night cap.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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