1. a close-fitting cap or hood, especially one worn by children or infants
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The baby wore a white cotton biggins to keep warm.
• In colonial times, children often wore biggins made of linen.
• The museum displayed an 18th-century biggins with delicate embroidery.
• She tied the biggins securely under the child’s chin.
• The portrait showed a young girl in a ruffled biggins.