noun
- soft indoor caps with a puffy crown and frilled border, typically worn by women in the 18th and 19th centuries
Usage: historical; plural form
Examples
- The museum displayed several delicate mobcaps from the colonial period.
- Servants in the great house wore simple white mobcaps while working.
- The actress donned authentic mobcaps for her role in the period drama.
- Grandmother’s collection included lace mobcaps passed down through generations.
- The historical reenactors carefully tied their mobcaps under their chins.
- Cotton mobcaps were practical headwear for women doing household chores.