bycoket

noun

by·​cok·​et

(ˈ)bī¦käkə̇t

variants or abacot

¦abə¦kät

or less commonly abococket

¦abə¦käkə̇t

plural -s

: a hat with a high crown and a wide brim turned up in back and coming to a point like a beak in front worn especially in the 15th century

Word History

Etymology

Middle English bycoket, from Middle English, from Middle French bicoquet; abacot, abococket alteration of a bycoket, from a entry 2 + bycoket

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