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 Webster, Noah

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

“And get the wool from England as we used to do, I should hope,” said an elderly man, in an old-fashioned berretta, who had been silent till now.

From Romola by Eliot, George

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

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

From Romola by Eliot, George