berretta

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“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

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

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

Educated at the College of the Nobles, Pio Boccanera had but once absented himself from Rome, and that when very young, hardly a deacon, but nevertheless appointed oblegate to convey a /berretta/ to Paris.

From The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1 by Zola, Émile

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