Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caubeen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: caubeen
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Irish beret, formerly worn by peasants, later also adopted for army use.

Example Sentences

"[A] bare-legged Celtic brother of the gentle craft, somewhat at the wrong side of forty, with a turf-coloured caubeen, patched frieze, a clear brown complexion, dark-grey eyes, and a right pleasant dash of roguery in his features […]."
"Stephen looked down on a wide headless caubeen, hung on his ashplanthandle over his knee."

Etymology

From Irish cáibín, from cába (“cape”), from cappa (“cape”)

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: cáibín

Inflected Forms

caubeens (plural)

Questions

What does caubeen mean?: An Irish beret, formerly worn by peasants, later also adopted for army use.
Where does caubeen come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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