Any of various styles of woman's cap worn with folk dress of Brittany.
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Examples for "breton coif"
Examples for "breton coif"
1On his head is the tufted Breton cap familiar in the pictures of the days of the great navigators.
2An Alsatian bow reigned six months; a Breton cap more than a year; but at last what must inevitably take place happened.
3A chambermaid waited upon us, dressed in a Breton cap that was wonderfully picturesque, and made us feel more in Brittany than ever.
4Bathilde's hair was ravishingly dressed, she had so much taste; Pierrette's was hidden beneath her Breton cap, and she knew nothing of the fashions.