barret

noun

1. (historical)A kind of fitted cap worn by medieval soldiers.

   “His head was surmounted with a barret cap, while his hands, limbs, and feet were covered with garments of chamois leather, over which he in general wore the ponderoous and complete armour of his country.”

   “For arms they wore upon the head a barret cap of steel net-work, instead of a casque; and their weapons were a sword and pike, a little shorter than what is this day used by the companies of arquebusiers; in addition to which many of them carried three or four darts for casting with the hand.”

   “The large cross-handled sword of the warrior was leaning against the side, and on the ground lay his shield, axe, and portions of his armour' and there was a crucifix and beads, —while on a tall spear was flung a barret-cap, and the golden spurs and chains were suspended overhead.”

   “Philip was dressed simply in black velvet, having a barret-cap of the same, with small chains of gold.”

2. (historical)A floppy beret-like cap worn by musketeers.

   “the maxillary muscles enormously developed, an infallible sign by which a Gascon may always be detected, even without his barret-cap — and our young man wore a barret-cap, set off with a sort of feather; the eye open and intelligent; the nose hooked, but finely chiselled.”

   “The Volunteer Jäger Detachments wore the Musketeer's uniform, often with a 'Barret' . This beret was a large floppy field cap, coloured black.”

3. The flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics; a biretta.

   “The priestly leader wears the chasuble and stole, and often the pluvial besides; his head is covered with a barret.”

   “The "cap of maintenance" or "cap of estate," still borne before the British sovereign on state occasions, is a barret-cap of the type of the 14th and 15th centuries; it is of crimson velvet, turned up with ermine.”

name

1. A surname.
2. A male given name from French.

   “Ms. Murati sat down with Mr. Schoenholz and two other founders, Barret Zoph and Luke Metz.”