glengarry

glengarry
/glen gar"ee/, n., pl. glengarries.
a Scottish cap with straight sides, a crease along the top, and sometimes short ribbon streamers at the back, worn by Highlanders as part of military dress.
[1835-45; after Glengarry, a valley in Invernesshire, Scotland]

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