mobcap

[ mob-kap ]

/ ˈmɒbˌkæp /

a soft cloth cap with a full crown, fitting down over the ears and frequently tying beneath the chin, formerly worn indoors by women.

Origin of mobcap

1785–95; perhaps mob slattern (itself perhaps variant of Mab for Mabel) + cap¹

moan, moat, mob, mob-handed, moba, mobcap, mobcast, mobe, mobe pearl, moberly, mobie

The Person was a handsome woman, attired negligently in what was called a sacque, with a mob-cap.

Girlhood and Womanhood |Sarah Tytler
Phdre had a gown la Mary Stuart, a mob-cap, and was covered with mouches to the end of her nose.

Sister Anne (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume X) |Charles Paul de Kock
Or safe in a married state you might wear a mob-cap in to breakfast.

Hints to Pilgrims |Charles Stephen Brooks
You know that a lady in a mob-cap and panniers is playing inside that shyly curtained window.

Greenwich Village |Anna Alice Chapin

She died at the age of fifty, and in it she wears a mob-cap and an old woman's gown.

The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) |Marion Harland

mobcap

/ (ˈmɒbˌkæp) /

a woman's large cotton cap with a pouched crown and usually a frill, worn esp during the 18th century Often shortened to: mob

C18: from obsolete mob woman, esp a loose-living woman, + cap