berretta

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But the berretta was not allowed to lie in the basket.

From Romola by Eliot, George

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 Eliot, George

One design—a man throwing his face back, and singing, while he plays a mandoline; with long thick hair and fanciful berretta; behind him a fine line of cypresses and other trees—struck me as singularly lovely.

From New Italian sketches by Symonds, John Addington

And, according to antique usage, it was here that the /berretta/, the red cap, was placed, on a credence, below a large crucifix of ivory and ebony.

From The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1 by Zola, Émile

I imagine that the woman's berretta, frequently of velvet embroidered with pearls, and apparently almost as prevalent as our bonnet, must have been that close-fitting cap, square at the ears, of which we spoke yesterday.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Barrington, Mrs. Russell