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Definition of cloth cap noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

picture of a cloth cap

cloth cap

noun

cloth cap pronunciation English

cloth cap pronunciation American

(also flat cap) (both British English)

a soft cap, normally made of wool, traditionally a symbol of working men

The party has shed its cloth cap image (= it is not just a working-class party any more).