berretta

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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

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 Webster, Noah

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

From Romola by Eliot, George

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

The berretta was formerly presented to him in St. Patrick's Cathedral, April 22, 1875.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 by Various