berretta
Example Sentences
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The royal helmet was then removed, and a handsome burnous was drawn over the king's shoulders, the hood covering the berretta in most grotesque guise.
From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
The stockings, gloves, skull cap and berretta are of scarlet.
From Rome by Malleson, Hope
And, according to antique usage, it was here that the /berretta/, the red cap, was placed, on a credence, below a large crucifix of ivory and ebony.
From The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1 by Zola, Émile
But the berretta was not allowed to lie in the basket.
From Romola by Eliot, George
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
