busby

busby
/buz"bee/, n., pl. busbies.
1. a tall fur hat with a baglike ornament hanging from the top over the right side.
2. the bearskin hat worn by certain British guardsmen.
[1755-65; orig., a bushy wig; of obscure orig.]

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