berretta
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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 Noah Webster
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
But the berretta was not allowed to lie in the basket.
From Romola by George Eliot
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 Mrs. Russell Barrington
The stockings, gloves, skull cap and berretta are of scarlet.
From Rome by Hope Malleson
