berretta

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I imagine that the woman's berretta, frequently of velvet embroidered with pearls, and apparently almost as prevalent as our bonnet, must have been that close-fitting cap, square at the ears, of which we spoke yesterday.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Barrington, Mrs. Russell

A cardinal's berretta is scarlet; that worn by other clerics is black, except that a bishop's is lined with green.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

One design—a man throwing his face back, and singing, while he plays a mandoline; with long thick hair and fanciful berretta; behind him a fine line of cypresses and other trees—struck me as singularly lovely.

From New Italian sketches by Symonds, John Addington

The stockings, gloves, skull cap and berretta are of scarlet.

From Rome by Malleson, Hope

“And get the wool from England as we used to do, I should hope,” said an elderly man, in an old-fashioned berretta, who had been silent till now.

From Romola by Eliot, George