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/bəˈrā/,
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berets, plural;
  1. A round flattish cap of felt or cloth


  1. a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth
  2. A beret (or) (Basque: txapel; and Portuguese/Spanish: boina), is a soft, round, flat-crowned cap, usually of woven or hand-knitted wool or wool felt,or these days often acrylic fiber.
  3. A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France
  4. (Berets) of various types and colors began being worn unofficially as early as 1954 on the unit's field exercises in Germany and at Fort Bragg and Camp Mackall, North Carolina.
  5. Round soft hat often made from felt, but can be knitted. Popular during the first and second world wars and is still a item of military uniform today. It s most noted revival was in the late 1960s and 1970s. examples
  6. A flat soft cloth hat sometimes used as part of a band uniform especially by sousaphone players since the sousaphone bell prevents them from wearing shakos.
  7. a visorless usually woolen cap with a tight headband and a soft full flat top
  8. Brimless, unvisored, tam-effect cap of felt or fabric.
  9. a soft, round cap, usually made of a wool felt, with a flat crown
  10. Flat circle or pancake-shape hat of felt, felted jersey or fabric, with or without a band. It was shown in 1911 and may have been used before that. Large beret is called a tam-o'-shanter.