Cap
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A cap is a form of headgear. Caps have crowns that fit closer than hats and have no brim or only a visor. They are typically designed for warmth and, when including a visor, blocking sunlight from the eyes.

Types of caps

Rendering of a baseball cap.

German Garrison cap of the "Bundesgrenzschutz" (BGS), the German Federal Police

• Ascot cap
• Baseball cap
• Beanie
• Beret
• Biretta
• Cap of Maintenance
• Civil air patrol
• Civil War cap (also known as rebel cap)
• Coif
• Combination cap (also known as service cap)
• Cricket cap
• Do-rag
• Dutch cap
• Engineer cap
• Fiddler cap (also known as Dutch Boy)
• Flat cap
• Garrison cap
• Glengarry
• Greek fisherman's cap
• International cap
• John Lennon cap
• Kepi
• Kippah (also known as yarmulke)
• Muir cap
• Newsboy cap
• Nightcap
• Nurse cap
• Patrol cap
• Shako
• Square academic cap
• Tam
• Tam o'shanter
• Tubeteika
• Tuque or Stocking cap
• Welder's cap
• Yachting cap
• Zucchetto

See also

• List of hats and headgear

External links

• My Kingdom for a Crown: An Around-the-World History of the Skullcap and its Modern Socio-Political Significance, by Reverend Antonio Hernandez (pdf) -- a thorough history of the skullcap, with chapters on the yarmulke and the beanie among others.