berretta
Example Sentences
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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 Émile Zola
But the berretta was not allowed to lie in the basket.
From Romola by George Eliot
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
The infusion of mischief was getting stronger, and putting his hand to one of the jewelled pins that fastened her braids to the berretta, he drew it out.
From Romola by George Eliot
The stockings, gloves, skull cap and berretta are of scarlet.
From Rome by Hope Malleson
