n. . A child's cap.n. 2. A nightcap.n. . In England, the coif of a serjeant at law.n. 4. A head-dress worn in the later middle ages, and throughout the seventeenth century, by both men and women. That worn by women was broad at the top, with projecting corners, like ears.n. A small wooden vessel; a can.n. A kind of coffee-pot containing a strainer for the infusion of the coffee, without allowing the grounds to mix with the infusion.