stocking cap

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   a close-fitting woolen cap; often has a tapering tail with a tassel

   Synonymsski captoboggan cap

   Broadercap

Questions about stocking cap

What does stocking cap mean?

stocking cap means "a close-fitting woolen cap; often has a tapering tail with a tassel".

What is another word for stocking cap?

Close synonyms include ski cap, toboggan cap. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stocking cap a common word?

stocking cap is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.