Definition of "stocking cap" [stocking cap]

• A close-fitting knitted cap that resembles a stocking and often has a long tapering tail with a tassel attached. (noun)

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• "My fellow grave-digger had been sleeping with a stocking cap on his bald head to keep the night chill away."