berretta
Example Sentences
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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 John Addington Symonds
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
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 stockings, gloves, skull cap and berretta are of scarlet.
From Rome by Hope Malleson
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
