English Dictionary: Callot | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for Callot | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Callot \Cal"lot\, n. A plant coif or skullcap. Same as {Calotte}. --B. Jonson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Calotte \[d8]Ca*lotte"\, Callot \Cal"lot\, n. [F. calotte, dim. of cale a sort of flat cap. Cf. {Caul}.] A close cap without visor or brim. Especially: (a) Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law. (b) Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets. (c) Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. {To assume the calotte}, to become a priest. |